A 3.6 million-year-old partial skeleton, named Lucy, represents an individual who was a member of

A) Australopithecus afarensis.

B) Homo erectus.

C) Homo habilis.

D) Australopithecus garhi.


A) Australopithecus afarensis.

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A. No, because data gaps cannot cause identification problems. B. Yes, but you can still extrapolate the data gap. C. No, because this data gap does not exist in the population. D. Yes, but you can still interpolate the data gap.

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Four of the five answers are traits that influence the life history pattern of a living organism. Select the exception

a. The age at which the organism begins to reproduce b. How often the organism reproduces. c. The number of offspring produced per reproductive event d. The length of the reproductive stage e. Natural disasters that influence survivorship

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A frameshift mutation results in

a. a normal protein due to the redundancy of the genetic code. b. errors in DNA replication c. errors in DNA splicing d. a change in all mRNA codons downstream from the mutation e. a change in the third position of one codon

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__________ behavior is altered by experience.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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