You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots. The article refers to this as a genetic mutation. Though you see they have no negative impact on the cheetahs' fitness, the stripes are nevertheless considered a genetic mutation because mutations:
a. can result in an evolutionary advantage.
b. can result in an evolutionary disadvantage.
c. may have no effect on the phenotype.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
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The earliest fossils of Old World monkeys belong to the family:
A. Cercopithecidae B. Cebidae C. Victoriapithecidae D. Propliopithecidae
The notion that language began as humans started to imitate the sounds of the animals around them is call the ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The difficulty in using skin color to categorize human groups is that:
A. the precise genetic mechanisms of skin color are not known B. skin color can be strongly influenced by environmental and cultural factors C. skin color distribution is largely clinal D. all of these
Which of the following would be considered a "folkway" of contemporary culture in the United States?
A. bowing when you are introduced to someone B. dating before marriage C. sitting on the floor to eat dinner D. taking off your shoes when you enter a house