The presence of more efficient respiratory systems to extract oxygen from the air among human populations living at high elevations is an example of which form of adaptation?
A. short-term physiological adaptation
B. symbolic adaptation
C. cultural adaptation
D. long-term physiological adaptation
E. genetic adaptation
Answer: D
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a. Immigration in the United States today has very strict quotas by which it allows people entrance. b. Assimilation is a positive experience, when it is carried out correctly, for both immigrants and the United States. c. Assimilation is also a process of loss, as immigrants leave behind their language and cultures. d. Although the melting pot analogy was useful in the early part of U.S. history, it is no longer used in describing immigration. e. Assimilation is also a form of cultural divergence and diffusion.
Intentional Neandertal burial sites have been located at all of the following except:
a. Laetoli. b. ?Shanidar Cave. c. Sima de los Huesos. d. La Chapelle -aux-Saints. e. Tabun.
________ is the alteration of a whole species into a new species
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. If pageant wagons were used to stage cycles in a city, they faced problems of timing and ease of movement. 2. Cycles or “cosmic dramas” were based mostly on the Bible. 3. Morality plays could be secular as well as religious.