ASM 246

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 weeks 4-7 (Final) well answeredThe Laetoli footprints are evidence that ______ was a biped. - correct answer Australopithecus afarensis Karst topography characterizes the fossil sites of ______ Africa. - correct answer south The ______ is a bony ridge running front to back that protrudes out of the top of the skull in some Australopithecus species. - correct answer sagittal crest Evidence from the 3-year-old Dikika baby's teeth demonstrates tha...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Weeks 6-7, ASM 246 Weeks 4-5 with correct answerspotential cannibalism - correct answer Cutmarks found on fossilized hominin bones from the middle Pleistocene of Bodo, Ethiopia are often used as evidence of what? relatively small cranial capacity compared to other Homo species. - correct answer One of the most surprising discoveries in the field of paleoanthropology is the species Homo floresiensis. This species is characterized by what? True - cor...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Weeks 6-7 with complete solutionspotential cannibalism - correct answer Cutmarks found on fossilized hominin bones from the middle Pleistocene of Bodo, Ethiopia are often used as evidence of what? relatively small cranial capacity compared to other Homo species. - correct answer One of the most surprising discoveries in the field of paleoanthropology is the species Homo floresiensis. This species is characterized by what? True - correct answer True...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 fully solved1. Explain how the incompleteness of the fossil record affects our estimate of the time period over which species existed and about the phylogenetic relationships among species. - correct answer Some species have had more fossils discovered than others, as more fossils are discovered than more evidence is provided. 2. Describe the patterns in global climate over the last 65my. - correct answer Paleocene-5-13 C, Eocene- 13-0 C, Oligocene 0-...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 with answers According to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, what three conditions are necessary or natural selection to produce adaptations? - correct answer 1. the ability of a population to expand is infinite, but the ability of any environment to support populations is always finite 2. organisms within populations vary, and this variation affects the ability of individuals to survive and reproduce 3. this variation is transmitted ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM246 - Week 3 Content Mastery (Arizona State University Earned Admissions) well answered to passMany of the placental mammal orders that are alive today (including Primates) originated at the beginning of the ______ Epoch (55.8-33.9 million years ago). Eocene Which of the following describes Dr. Matt Cartmill's visual predation hypothesis? Many primate adaptations are related to preying on small, fast prey, such as insects The epoch of the Cenoz...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM246 ASU Online Midterm study guide questions n answersPaleoanthropology - correct answer study of human origins common ancestor - correct answer one species is the ancestor of two or more species later in time DNA - correct answer arrangement of nucleotide pairs that determine what an organism is Anthropology - correct answer science dealing with the origin, races, customs, and beliefs of humankind Culture - correct answer the enduring behaviors, ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -asm246 final well answereda knee joint - correct answer The first Australopithecus afarensis fossil found at Hadar was what body part? 3.2 million years ago - correct answer The Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as "Lucy" was dated how old? A human like foot adapted to bipedalism - correct answer The hominin footprints at Laetoli preserve evidence of which of the following? endocast - correct answer An imprint of the braincase, such as the one f...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM246 Quizzes 1 to 3 questions well answeredWhich of the following can be defined as: "The Study of the whole of the human condition; past, present and future; biology, science, language and culture." - correct answer anthropology Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? - correct answer surveying T or F: Humans evolved from chimpanzees - correct answer false T or F: ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -asm246 week 2 verified/passedThe principle of uniformitarianism - correct answer stated that the geological processes that operated in the past are still occurring in the present A scientific explanation of observable facts based on multiple hypotheses, extensive observation, and experimentation is known as which of the following? - correct answer Theory The large variety of dogs that exist today were produced through __________ by humans. - correct answer...