The discovery of subfossil species of lemurs have shown __________
a. that lemurs are ancestral to higher primates
b. that lemurs disappeared only about 1,000 years ago
c. that lemurs were a much larger and varied group than previously thought
d. that lemurs lived in south America as well as the Old World
Answer c
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Which of the following best describes the term "niche"?
A. specific environment B. specific adaptation C. specific theory D. specific evolution
The __________ Model of human evolution attributes the origins of modern humans to gene flow and repeated population movements.
a. Replacement
b. Multiregional
c. Upper Paleolithic
d. Asian Migration
The preagricultural developments in Southeast Asia are poorly known at this point, but are most likely in response to environmental changes. What changes were occurring in the climate at this time?
A) a warming trend and a radiation of new mammal species B) a cooling trend and increasing ice sheets C) a warming trend and higher sea levels D) a cooling trend and an extinction of familiar plant species
________ refers to the specialized set of terms and distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups.
A. Focal vocabulary B. Spatial vocabulary C. Temporal vocabulary D. Syntactical vocabulary E. Vernacular vocabulary