Late-starting genetic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and cancer are examples of __________
a. the environmental mismatch between our bodies' design and contemporary environments
b. evolutionary design compromises
c. pleiotropic gene effects
d. defenses vs. defects
Correct Answer: c
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A prominent interpretation offered by cultural anthropologists about games and sports sees them as __________
A) best analyzed from a Darwinist perspective B) "survivals" from the hominin heritage of humans C) more important in non-state societies than in state-level societies D) "microcosms" of society
Early hominins may have lived in:
A. savannas B. wooded grasslands C. swamps D. all of these
How is the Ju'/hoansi interaction with elders and aging different from that of an urban society?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements is FALSE? a. Culture provides humans with a quicker and more efficient means of adaptation than Darwinian naturalselection alone
b. Darwinian natural selection is the primary means by which non-human animals and plants adapt to the world. c. Darwinian natural selection is the way that animals adapt to their world, but humans adapt only by means ofculture. d. Not all aspects of culture are adaptive for humans. e. Culture is the primary means by which humans adapt to their world.