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lemurs are found in what part of the world (not counting zoos) a. Iceland c. Madagascar d. south and central America e. Australia - Answer-c. Madagascar the measure of success under natural selection is a. how many offspring are produced b. whether an individual lives or dies c. how we...

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Anthro Exam 1 WVU Questions and
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lemurs are found in what part of the world (not counting zoos)
a. Iceland
b.asia
c. Madagascar
d. south and central America
e. Australia - Answer-c. Madagascar

the measure of success under natural selection is
a. how many offspring are produced
b. whether an individual lives or dies
c. how well adapted an individual is
d. how well adapted the species is - Answer-a. how many offspring are produced

founder effect:
a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from a
larger propulsion starts a new population

b. is a for of gene flow in which muted genes are recovered by genetic induction

c. is a subset of natural selection, complementing differential fertility

d. occurs when lost genes are recovered by a population through directed mutation -
Answer-a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals
from a larger population starts a new population

anthropology is said to be "holistic" because it:
a. makes use of both wire and spoken sources
b. is concerned with primitive societies
c. studies the mystical aspects of human experience
d. combines studies of biological and cultural phenomena - Answer-d. combines studies
of biological and cultural phenomena

according to the author of your textbook, the major goal(s) of anthropology is/are
a. to explain the relationships between the actions of an individual and the behavior of a
group

b. to rescue indigenous cultures from extinctions

c. to understand diversities and similarities among human societies, both past and
present

, d. to study differences between distinct races of mankind and discover why some are
superior to others - Answer-c. to understand diversities and similarities among human
societies, both past and present

a unique research strategy of anthropologists which involves learning the language and
culture of a group by participating in the group's daily activities is called
a. assimilation
b. cultural probing
c. ethnography
d. participant observation
e. holistic interaction - Answer-d. participant observation

the dominant sense of the primates is
a. smell
b. vision
c. hearing
d. taste - Answer-b. vision

which subfield of anthropology is concerned with the reconstruction of past cultural
systems
a. physical anthropology
b. cultural anthropology
c. linguistic anthropology
d. archaeology - Answer-d. archaeology

an ideology that advocates the superiority of certain races and inferiority of others and
leads to prejudice and discrimination is
a. relativism
b. racism
c. Mongrelization
d. clinalism - Answer-b. racism

to refer to something as a theory means that it
a. is just a guess
b. has yet to be proven
c. has been well supported by scientific testing
d. is probably not scientific - Answer-c. has been well supported by scientific testing

which subfield of anthropology is concerned with humans as a biological species
a. physical anthropology
b. cultural anthropology
c. linguistic anthropology
d. archaeology - Answer-d. physical anthropology

mutations are
a. always harmful

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