The Pierolapithecuscatalaunicus is
A. the first arboreal primate.
B. a possible Oligocene common ancestor of New World and Old World monkeys.
C. the first bipedal hominin.
D. a possible Miocene common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
E. the first primate of the Paleocene.
Answer: D
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Thomas Malthus did not:
a. propose that human population today is not related to the availability of resources. b. argue that in nature resource availability remains relatively stable over time. c. argue that in nature there is a tendency for animal population to increase in number. d. influence the development of Darwin's and Wallace's theories of natural selection. e. argue for limits to human population growth.
Who wrote Principles of Geology and emphasized the principle of uniformitarianism?
a. Charles Darwin b. Charles Lyell c. Alfred Russel Wallace d. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck e. Thomas Malthus
Folklorist Henry Glassie and archaeologist James Deetz both explored the way in which changing cultural ideas were reflected in the material record of the American colonies. They took a decidedly _________ approach to the past
a. materialist b. medieval c. ideational d. Georgian e. progressive
The clock was an invention of:
A) increasing civilization.? B) ?decreased organization. C) ?greater discipline. D) ?improved mathematics.