Structural similarities between species that are based on common function and not on common evolutionary descent are called
a. acquired.
b. generalized.
c. non-adaptive.
d. analogies.
e. homologies.
D
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Which of the following best describes the "lumpers' perspective"?
a. Neandertals represent one of many distinct Middle Paleolithic hominin species. b. Archaic Homo sapiens are actually members of the species Homo heidelbergensis. c. Neandertals and archaic Homo sapiens were all part of one potentially interbreeding species. d. Neandertals and archaic Homo sapiens could not and did not interbreed.
The military is an example of soft power when it is not activated in warfare
a. True b. False
One of the best known propliopithecids is:
A. Parapithecus B. Aegyptopithecus C. Aeolopithecus D. Oligopithecus
The long-term process that results in the loss of fitness for a species to survive without the assistance of humans is called
A. sedentism. B. domestication. C. mutation. D. adaptation.