Which of the following species is the most closely related to humans?
a. gorillas
b. lemurs
c. orangutans
d. bonobos
Correct Answer: d
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a. George McJunkin, an ex-slave and rancher. b. Jesse Figgins, director of the Colorado Museum of Nature and Science. c. Boucher de Perthes, a French customs official and naturalist. d. A. V. Kidder, Founder of Anthropological Archaeology. e. the textbook authors, Robert Kelly and David Thomas
The Denisovans
A. are descended from one man dubbed Dennis, who lived about 200,000 years ago in Africa. B. were distant cousins to the Neandertals and lived in Asia. C. provide evidence that Neandertals did not interbreed with modern humans. D. were found with the first evidence of the use and control of fire. E. are the common ancestor of the australopithecines and H. habilis.
This chapter's description of how humans cope with low oxygen pressure in high altitudes illustrates
A. how biological adaptations are effective only when they are genetic. B. how in matters of life or death, biology is ultimately more important than culture. C. human capacities for cultural and biological adaptation, the latter involving both genetic and physiological adaptations. D. how human plasticity has decreased ever since we embraced a sedentary lifestyle some 10,000 years ago. E. the need for anthropologists to pay more attention to human adaptation in extreme environments.
Some of the deliberate nonhuman primate behaviors that serve as communication include all of the following EXCEPT
a. spoken language. b. displays. c. vocalizations. d. gestures. e. facial expressions.