Under what kinds of conditions would you expect to find convergent evolution?
a. Similar environmental pressures on various species
b. Environment in which two or more species occupy the same ecological niche
c. Environment in which there are scarce resources
d. Environment that is facing climate change
e. Environment of abundant resources where no species needs specialization
a
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If a newly discovered species was named Orrorinphilensis, it would be most closely related to:
A. Ardipithecusphilensis B. Orrorinrebecensis C. Philepithecusorrorinensis D. Orropithecuscarolensis
What is the study of paleoanthropology?
What will be an ideal response?
During the Upper Paleolithic, the hominin range
A. reached its territorial maximum by 50,000 B.P. B. was limited to Europe and Africa prior to the anatomically modern humans' stage of human evolution. C. moved away from the coasts because of natural disasters like flood and drought. D. expanded to its maximum when Neandertal foragers entered the New World. E. expanded significantly, in large part due to Homo's increasing reliance on cultural means of adaptation.
What is ethnogenesis?
A. a Biblical explanation for race B. a theory of racial origins that anthropologists no longer accept C. a scientific justification for racism D. an ongoing sociocultural and political process of ethnic group formation that began in prehistory