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The approach taken in this course to understand the complexity of our relationships to non-human
animals ... - correct answer ✔✔all choices are correct
In the history of Western philosophy - correct answer ✔✔
There are 3 common types of symbioses - correct answer ✔✔mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
People of different cultures put non-human animals into different categories or groupings. These
categories primarily reflect - correct answer ✔✔how the animal(s) are used
As described in the textbook (Chapter 1), humans generally place animals into different categories
according to their use. However some animals can have multiple uses and thus can fall into multiple
cultural categories. For example, in the United States pigs are considered food and sometimes also pets.
In other countries, such as ______________ dogs are considered pets and also food. - correct answer
✔✔South Korea
There are 3 foci or themes that will appear throughout this course. Select one that will NOT be covered
in this course. - correct answer ✔✔Appropriate methods for training your dog and cat.
In many non-Western cultures, non-human animals are - correct answer ✔✔incorporated into their
spiritual or religious beliefs
One way to describe and understand the biological connection between humans and other animals is -
correct answer ✔✔as types of ecological interrelationships
Because for millions of years our ancestors' survival depended on recognizing the potential danger and
also food value of animals - correct answer ✔✔our brains' visual system evolved to quickly and
efficiently recognize animals
,Use of fire was an important development because it allowed our ancestors - correct answer ✔✔to cook
meat for easier digestion & nutrient absorption
When did our ancestors first start making tools according to archaeological evidence? (Note: mya=
million years ago) - correct answer ✔✔~2.6 mya
Why do people today find savanna-like settings attractive? - correct answer ✔✔because our ancestors
evolved in that type of landscape
As our early ancestors became full-time predators (hunters of large game) they would also have evolved
psychological adaptations that .... (select all correct answers) - correct answer ✔✔
Described in Chapter 2, The archeologist Stephen Mithen has argued that the capacity to read an
animal's mind, to see the world from an animal's perspective, first appeared in fully modern humans
(i.e., only very recently in human evolution). In Mithen's view, earlier pre-modern ancestral humans,
although successful hunters, - correct answer ✔✔used mind reading only for other humans but not for
other animals
In the human lineage, what evolved first? - correct answer ✔✔upright walking
Bipedal locomotion in our early Australopithecus ancestors allowed for - correct answer ✔✔foraging
away from the forest trees AND better heat regulation
Based on research, what type of environment is most preferred by humans at a young age? - correct
answer ✔✔Savanna
Based on current evidence, what kind of empathy is a trait of humans AND many other animals? -
correct answer ✔✔High levels of emotional empathy
The spread of humans all over the planet began with - correct answer ✔✔a first migratory wave out of
Africa followed by a second wave out of Africa
, Humans and wolf-dogs formed a mutualism. Name one benefit of this symbiotic interrelationship for our
human ancestors. - correct answer ✔✔prey detection
According to research on hunter-gatherer cultures today, which of the following would NOT be a reason
for a hunter-gatherer family to keep dogs? - correct answer ✔✔Dogs serve as pets and play companions
for children in the family
Under the "Camp Dog" hypothesis, what is proposed as the steps toward dog domestication? - correct
answer ✔✔Wolves became "self-domesticated" for low fear and aggression, and later were
domesticated once humans were in permanent settlements.
In the video "And Man Created Dog" what traits lead to wolves developing a survival advantage around
humans? - correct answer ✔✔Least aggressive, least territorial, most curious
What theory has been proposed to explain why the Hominins of the second migratory wave (modern
humans Homo sapiens) out-competed those Hominins they encountered that descended from the first
migratory wave (Neanderthals Homo neanderthalensis)? - correct answer ✔✔All choices are correct
Which of the following statements is NOT evidence of an early relationships between wolf-dogs and
humans: - correct answer ✔✔
Modern hunter-gatherers that use dogs for hunting are a good example of a _______ relationship
because the humans and the dogs both have skills utilized in the hunt and both benefit from the kil. -
correct answer ✔✔mutualism
Historical changes in the "Teddy Bear" reflect people's - correct answer ✔✔attraction to infantile
features, such as a large head and pudgy body
According to the textbook Chapter 3, at approximately what point in time (and among what Hominin)
did cave paintings of animals begin to appear? (Note: BP=before present) - correct answer ✔✔40,000 BP
among Homo sapiens
Which of these is NOT part of Darwin's reasoning about natural selection? - correct answer ✔✔
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