Much of the current information on the origins of higher primates comes from __________
a. The Congo Basin in central Africa
b. Thailand
c. southern China
d. the Fayum in Egypt
Answer d
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Most paleoanthropologists believe that the paranthropoids __________.
A) outcompeted the australopithecines B) were not ancestral to our own genus, Homo C) were directly ancestral to the australopithecines D) were the first hominins to leave Africa
During the last century, Guatemala's Native American population has decreased from 75 percent to less than 50 percent of the total population. What was the primary cause of this?
a. Genocide b. A policy of relocation c. Passive assimilation d. Massive immigration from Europe, which reduced the proportion of Native Americans in the overallpopulation
A ________ consists of a set of supported hypotheses that all interconnect and act as a powerful tool for explaining natural phenomena.
A. model B. robust theory C. paradigm D. theory
Which of the following does not yield a chronometric date?
A. stratigraphic methods B. radiocarbon dating C. potassium-argon dating D. amino acid racemization