A balanced polymorphism discussed in the text is
a. lactose intolerance.
b. the A, B, and O alleles.
c. the HbS allele.
d. malaria.
e. dengue.
D
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Human behavior can be studied at the __________ level
a. individual b. population c. species d. all of these
Charles Lyell's 1865 book The Geologic Evidences for the Antiquity of Man was important because it:
a. Documented the fact that humans had lived with now-extinct animals in the distant past. b. Provided evidence that humans had been on the earth for a far shorter time than other scholars of the time suggested. c. Argued for an extremely young age of the earth (not more than 6000 years old). d. Finally showed that the "ancient ax heads" discovered in river gravels were nothing more than naturally fractured river cobbles. e. Showed that the remote antiquity of humankind would not be accepted by the scientific community
From the research Patten's team conducted, they learned that
a. women in the villages headed 50 percent of all households. b. each household had an adult male regularly living with them. c. over 35 percent of the children were underweight for their age. d. 20 percent of the women were illiterate.
All individuals within a population have the same capacity for adaptation
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false