What is a disease?

A. a health problem as it is experienced by the one affected
B. an artificial product of biomedicine
C. a consequence of a foraging lifestyle
D. an unnatural state of health
E. a scientifically identified health threat


Answer: E

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Archaeologists are principally interested in:

a. Excavating sites and developing museums to preserve ancient landforms. b. Collecting artifacts made by ancient peoples. c. Tracing the course of human evolution through an examination of the fossilized remains. d. Understanding and reconstructing the cultures of past societies. e. Tracing the early development of Western civilization.

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Morphological variation between individuals within a species:

a. is unimportant when interpreting the fossil record. b. is called interspecific variation. c. may be the product of male/female morphological differences. d. produces large numbers of identical individuals. e. indicates phylogenetic parallelism.

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Gene flow always occurs between populations of related organisms

a. True b. False

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Current evidence suggests that certain HLA antigens appear to function to

a. resist malaria. b. cause sickle-cell anemia. c. cause malaria. d. cause HIV. e. cause hepatitis B.

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