The prototherian mammals:
A. lay eggs and do not produce milk
B. lay eggs but also produce milk
C. have live birth but do not produce milk
D. have live birth and also produce milk
C. have live birth but do not produce milk
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The term "deconstruction" refers to:
a. Postprocessual attempts at interpreting the past through multiple voices. b. Postmodern efforts to expose the assumptions behind the objective and systematic search for knowledge. c. An experimental archaeological technique in which archaeologists reconstruct the construction techniques of prehistoric populations. d. A tool used by cultural materialists to establish cultural evolutionary sequences. e. Scientifically disassemble the stone monuments erected by Maya rulers to record their history.
Genetic changes that favor the survival of a population in a stressful environment are called:
A. amendments B. adjustments C. acclimatization D. adaptations
Which of the following statements best describes how human sexual behavior differs from that of other primates?
A. Humans mate year round, and their pair bonds are more enduring than those of other primates. B. Chimps and monkeys mate only when females ovulate, and their pair bonds are lifelong, unlike marriage bonds of humans. C. Nonhuman primates mate year round and do not form permanent pair bonds; humans mate periodically but have permanent pair bonds. D. Among chimps and gorilas, females seek mates from other groups, but among humans it is the males who constantly search for other sexual partners.
The tendency of people living in the Peruvian Andes to develop a voluminous chest and lungs for life at very high altitudes provides an example of a(n)
A. genetic adaptation B. long-term physiological adaptation C. short-term physiological adaptation D. cultural adaptation E. archeological adaptation