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Anthropology Exam 1 WVU 50 Questions with Answers the measure of success under natural selection is a. how many offspring are produced b. whether an individual lives or dies c. how well adapted an... individual is d. how well adapted the species is >>> a. how many offspring are produced founder effect: a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from a larger propulsion starts a new population b. is a for of gene flow in which muted genes are recovered by genetic induction c. is a subset of natural selection, complementing differential fertility d. occurs when lost genes are recovered by a population through directed mutation >>> a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from a larger population starts a new population anthropology is said to be "holistic" because it: a. makes use of both wire and spoken sources b. is concerned with primitive societies c. studies the mystical aspects of human experience d. combines studies of biological and cultural phenomena >>> d.combines studies of biological and cultural phenomena the major goal(s) of anthropology is/are a. to explain the relationships between the actions of an individual and the behavior of a group b. to rescue indigenous cultures from extinctions c. to understand diversities and similarities among human societies, both past and present d. to study differences between distinct races of mankind and discover why some are superior to others >>> c. to understand diversities and similarities among human societies, both past and present the dominant sense of the primates is a. smell b. vision c. hearing d. taste >>> b. vision which subfield of anthropology is concerned with the reconstruction of past cultural systems a. physical anthropology b. cultural anthropology c. linguistic anthropology d. archaeology >>> d.archaeology to refer to something as a theory means that it a. is just a guess b. has yet to be proven c. has been well supported by scientific testing d. is probably not scientific >>> c. has been well supported by scientific testing which subfield of anthropology is concerned with humans as a biological species a. physical anthropology b. cultural anthropology c. linguistic anthropology d. archaeology >>> d. physical anthropology mutations are a. always harmful b. always more beneficial than previous forms of a gene c. the sources of new genetic variation d. produced only when there is increased radiation or pollution >>> c. the source of new genetic variation the earliest primate like fossils date to... a. 65 million years b. 55 million years c. 5 million ears ago d. 250,000 years >>> a. 65 million years ago physical anthropologists who study variation within and among human populations would be interested in questions such as a. what did the civilization of Egypt and Greece have in common with one another? b. are there similarities in marriage customs between moslems and jews? c. why do most africans have dark skin? d. why are French and Italian similar to one another ` >>> c. why do most africans have dark skin many primates congregate in social groups or communities known as a. troops b. herds. c. flocks d. gaggles >>> a. troopsv [Show More]

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