Human behavior is largely instinctual
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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Discuss the major trends in primate evolution. Identify some traits that are most characteristic of primates. Explore whether the primate suborders differ in terms of adaptive trends.
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The intelligent design (ID) movement asserts that life forms are too complex to have been formed by natural processes and must therefore have been created by a higher intelligence. Attempts have been made to teach ID as an alternative theory to Darwinian evolution in biology classes in several states in the United States; however,
A. as a federal district judge ruled in a 2005 Pennsylvania case, ID violates the ground rules of science by invoking supernatural causation and making assertions that cannot be tested or falsified, and thus ID does not belong in a school's science curriculum. B. ID should be taught as a hypothesis of human origins, not a theory. C. ID should not be taught in schools, since it lacks a research and testing program and is unsupported by peer-reviewed research. D. the teaching of ID should be restricted to extracurricular activities, since it holds no scientific or cultural value. E. these attempts have always failed, because ID's proponents argue that it should be taught in place of Darwinian evolution.
Mutations are the most important source of variety on which natural selection depends and operates. There are two forms of mutations,
A. both discovered by Mendel. B. cancer-causing mutations and chromosomal rearrangement. C. and both occur only during the development of an individual. D. called base substitution mutation and chromosomal rearrangement. E. and both always result in phenotypic change.
Which of the following was not a contribution to the discovery of ‘deep time'?
a. Boucher de Perthes's discovery of ancient axe heads and bones of extinct mammals b. Charles Lyell's book on the principles of geology c. Darwin's publication "On the Origin of Species" d. travels of Giovanni Battista Belzoni throughout England and Ireland and his knowledge of hydraulics e. Hugh Falconer's visit to Abbeville to examine evidence from French gravel pits