Macroevolution and punctuated equilibrium help explain __________

a. the abundance of intermediate forms in the fossil record
b. gradualism
c. gaps in the fossil record
d. the interrelationships among an organism's characteristics.


Answer c

Anthropology & Archaeology

You might also like to view...

What is the Sapir-Whorf “hypothesis”?

a. the idea that no single language is better than any other b. the idea that languages determines how people think c. the trend for languages to “disappear” as a result of immigration and forced conversation d. the notion that children are born with an innate form of language

Anthropology & Archaeology

Which of the following statements about attempts to assign humans to discrete racial categories, purportedly based on common ancestry, is TRUE?

A. They are a recent phenomenon brought on by globalization. B. They are based on global racial categories that vary little from one society to another. C. They are based on genotypic rather than phenotypic characteristics. D. They are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume they are based in biology. E. They are applied to endogamous breeding populations.

Anthropology & Archaeology

In all religions, beliefs about life after death are comforting, according to Malinowski

a. True b. False

Anthropology & Archaeology

The example of postcolonial development in Madagascar demonstrates that descent-group organization can be a major obstacle to economic development.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Anthropology & Archaeology