Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A. Olduvai Gorge and pebble tools
B. Taung and Australopithecus africanus
C. Radiopotassium dating technique and bone
D. Australopithecus afarensis and Laetoli
Answer: C
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Critical evidence that establishes the australopithecines as hominins includes __________
A. similarities with modern human knees and hips B. archaeological evidence of iron tools C. evidence of an articulate and clear language for communication D. cranial evidence showing that they had brains larger than 1,000 cc
The path from foraging to food production was one that people followed independently in at least seven world areas. New archaeological research techniques continue to overturn previously held assumptions about where and how this occurred. Microscopic evidence from early cultivated plants suggests that
A. New World farming began in the lowlands of South America and then spread to Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands. B. the old assumption that New World farming originated in the upland areas is correct. C. farming in the South American tropical lowlands preceded domestication in the Middle East by some 5,000 years. D. maize was first domesticated in the Pacific islands and brought to the Americas by colonizers who navigated to the western coasts of South America. E. all early domesticates originated among the Clovis people, whose knowledge then diffused southward.
Define focal vocabularies, and explain why they exist.
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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.