Mineralization occurs when parts of animals (or some plants) become transformed into stone-like structures
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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In an analysis of environmental pollution in the United States, Melissa Checker found that:
a. The most important factor was class: lower class people lived in more polluted environments. b. The most important factor was race: middle class Hispanics and African Americans suffered more exposure to environmental pollution than lower class whites. c. All Americans, regardless of class or race suffered about the same exposure to pollution. d. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to live near polluted ground but whites suffered higher levels of air pollution. e. More federal money was spent cleaning up pollution located near African American communities than was spent cleaning up pollution located near white or Hispanic communities.
Footprints preserved in 3.6 million-year-old volcanic ash at Laetoli, Tanzania, indicate that
A. some of our early ancestors may have worn crude sandals. B. A. africanus was on his/her way out of Africa. C. A. boisei and A. africanus both lived about 3.6 million years ago. D. A. afarensis was quadripedal. E. bipedalism definitely preceded marked brain expansion in human evolution.
The more we learn of the behavior of our nearest primate relatives:
a. the more we become aware of the insignificance of behavior of other primates. b. the more we become aware of the importance of human uniqueness as the most evolved primates. c. the more we become aware of the importance of learned, socially shared practices and knowledge in these creatures and ourselves d. the less we need to know about other primates. e. the more taxonomists consider separating humans out of the primate order.