This exam covers key concepts in paleoanthropology, focusing on ancient hominids like the Taung Child and Lucy, characteristics of hominids, and primate evolution.
Geographic isolation
Behavioral isolation
Temporal isolation
Intersexual isolation
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Erasmus Darwin
Charles Lyell
Georges de Buffon
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Whale ancestors lived on land.
Whale ancestors did not evolve.
Whale ancestors lived 850 million years ago.
Whale ancestors ate opossums.
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Erasmus Darwin
Eugene Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus
Georges de Buffon
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Only 6000 years old.
Only 2000 years old.
Less than 6000 years old.
Much more than 6000 years old.
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Population
Species
Breeding family
Community
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Biogeography
Embriology
Paleontology
Oncology
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No natural selection
No sexual selection
No mutation
No genetic drift
No gene flow
No overproduction
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Prehensile tails
Walking upright
Opposable thumbs
Large brains
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Embryos of very different organisms have very similar developmental stages.
A bats wing and a whales flipper have very similar bone structure.
Large, flightless birds are found on different continents: Australia (Emu), Africa (Ostrich), and Rhea (South America).
More primative fossils are found below more complex fossils in the rock layers.
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Individual
Population
Species
Fossil
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Natural selection
Sexual selection
Genetic drift
Random mating
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Radiometric dating
Relative dating
Speed dating
Geologic time scaling
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Homo sapiens
Baboon
Lemur
Tarsier
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Help determine the relative age of the fossil
Keep the fossil from rotting
Provide visual context for where the fossil was found
Provide a keep-sake of the discovery
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Fossilized bones
Endocasts of the brains
Molecular clocks
Written historical records
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Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Gradualism
Natural selection
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Variation
Adaptation
Homologous structure
Vestigial structure
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Homologous structure
Analogous structure
Vestigial structure
Fossil structure
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Earlier ancestor.
Close relative.
Unrelated organism.
Embryological stage.
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Intrasexual selection
Intersexual selection
Isolation
Natural selection
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Bipedal locomotion
Language
Art and imagination
Large brain
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Speciation
Genetic anomaly
Divine creation
Bottleneck effect
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Australopithecus aferensis
Australopithecus africanus
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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A plant that has recently died
A group of similar organisms that can reproduce
A structure or organ that no longer functions
A trace of an organism that existed in the past
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Embryos of very different organisms have very similar developmental stages.
A bats wing and a whales flipper have very similar bone structure.
Large, flightless birds are found on different continents: Australia (Emu), Africa (Ostrich), and Rhea (South America).
More primative fossils are found below more complex fossils in the rock layers.
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Coevolution
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Deevolution
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Prosimians
Old world monkeys
Hominids
Gorillas
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Australopithecus and Homo
Africanus and habilis
Homo and sapiens
Australopithecus and Anthropida
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Natural selection
Sexual selection
Genetic drift
Gene flow
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Evolution
Artificial selection
Uniformitarianism
Mutation
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Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Homo robustus
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Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Stabilizing selection
Sexual selection
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Natural selection
Gene flow
Genetic drift
Mutation
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Emigrates
Immigrates
Isolates
Mutates
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Geographic isolation
Behavioral isolation
Temporal isolation
Intersexual isolation
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Coevolution
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Deevolution
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Variations
Adaptations
Mutations
Genetic isolation
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Temporal isolation
Behavioral isolation
Geographic isolation
Mutagenic isolation
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Genetic drift through the founder effect.
More variety in the new population.
Extinction due to the bottleneck effect.
Mutation due to disruptive selection.
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Australopithecus aferensis
Australopithecus africanus
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
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Directional selection
Stabilizing selection
Intermediate selection
Disruptive selection
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Variation.
Change.
Adaptation.
Species.
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Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo habilis
Paranthropus boisei
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Allele frequency
Gene pool
Adaptation
Phenotype frequency
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Georges de Buffon
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