Genetic evidence indicates that all native Australians are descendants of a single migration 50,000 ya
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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The genetic evidence from Neandertal remains that is used in studying most Neandertal fossils is in the form of
a. ribosomal information b. nuclear DNA c. mtDNA d. all of these e. a and b only
Which contemporary of Charles Darwin also developed a theory of evolution by means of natural selection?
a. Charles Lyell b. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck c. Erasmus Darwin d. Alfred Russel Wallace e. Georges Cuvier
Malinowski found that the Trobriand Islanders used magic
A. as a means of increasing social solidarity. B. to increase the bountifulness of the yam harvest. C. in psychologically stressful situations, such as sailing. D. as a means of leveling Europeans who refused to redistribute their wealth. E. to kill their adversaries during intertribal warfare.
What is the major principle of the single-origin theory?
A) Neandertals evolved into modern humans. B) Neandertals still live among us today. C) Neandertals became extinct and did not interbreed with modern humans. D) The early modern Homo sapiens became extinct.