Adaptation based on the control and breeding of domesticated livestock which are taken to naturally occurring pastureland is called:
a. hunting and gathering.
b. agriculture.
c. herding.
d. industrialism.
C
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The idea of __________ asserts that some evolutionary changes may not even involve intermediate forms
a. cladogenesis b. punctuated equilibrium c. gradualism d. anagenesis
Observation of the _____________ provides the information necessary to infer past human behavior and natural processes from observations on _______________
a. past; the contemporary world b. contemporary world; archaeological objects c. natural processes; the contemporary world d. contemporary s; archaeological objects e. past; contemporary events
Which is NOT true about Apidium?
a. It is the most abundant of Oligocene fossils of the parapithecid family. b. It has an unusually large degree of sexual dimorphism. c. Its teeth suggest a diet composed of fruits and some seeds. d. Its limb remains show that this creature was a small arboreal quadruped. e. It lived in polyandrous social groups composed of one female to many males.
Based on their site of domestication, where do you expect the wild ancestors of today’s sheep and goats to have lived?
A) South Asia B) the Near East C) North America D) Mesoamerica