List seven traits that distinguish the Anthropoids
What will be an ideal response?
The book lists thirteen traits: larger body size, large brain, reduced reliance on smell, increased
reliance on vision, greater degree of color vision, bony plate at the back of the eye, blood supply
differently connected to the brain, fusion of the mandible, more generalized dentition, differences
in female internal reproductive anatomy, longer gestation and maturation periods, increased
parental care, and more mutual grooming.
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Darwin argued that the large physical size of males was a physical specialization to aid in competition between males for females. He called this theory:
a. sexual selection. b. natural selection. c. hybrid selection. d. reproductive selection. e. intra-species competitive selection.
Which of the following does not accurately describe the primate visual system? a. Nerve cells integrate the images derived from each eye
b. Visual field is three-dimensional, registering height, width, and depth. c. Nerve connections in the back of the eyes process visual information. d. Eyes sit next to each other on the same plane with overlapping visual fields.
What is the basic economy of chiefdom societies?
a. farming b. pastoralism c. foraging d. expansion
For anthropologists, fieldwork is experiential
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false