The typical Neandertal tool-making industry is called:
a. Oldowan.
b. Levalloisian.
c. Acheulian.
d. Mousterian.
e. Aurignacian.
d
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Mendelian traits
a. are governed by several genetic loci. b. are more likely to have identifiable loci than polygenic traits. c. have continuous distributions. d. can be described by statistics such as the average and standard deviation. e. have phenotypic expressions that are often the result of genetic and environmental interactions.
Although comparative biology and physical anthropology share many characteristics, what approach most distinguishes physical anthropology?
a. It focuses on how culture and environment affect human evolution and variation. b. It focuses almost exclusively on the study of non-human primates. c. It does not use any characteristics of comparative biological examination. It focuses exclusively on humans. d. Physical anthropology is the only biological discipline that endorses evolution. e. Physical anthropology does not involve fieldwork.
All human cultures have methods of communication, family systems, and means of social control. These are termed ____ by anthropologists
a. cultural universals b. cultural generalities c. cultural particulars d. cultural norms
Using palynological data, Haynes and Mehringer concluded that the climate at the Lehner Clovis site in southeastern Arizona 11,000 years ago was
a. only slightly wetter and cooler than today, followed by a rapid shift toward drier conditions. b. only slightly drier and warmer than today, followed by a rapid shift toward wetter conditions. c. much drier and warmer than today; only a large shift in temperature and precipitation would have caused such a different environment at the site. d. much wetter and cooler than today; only a large shift in temperature and precipitation would have caused such a different environment at the site. e. much drier and colder than today; only slight shifts in temperature and precipitation would have cause a stationary environment at the site.