Asm 246 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 Exam 2 with answers1.Competition 2. Conflicts of Interest 3. Disease transmission - correct answer Living in social groups has both costs and benefits. (a) Give three costs of living in social groups (b) 1. Detection, 2. Dilution, 3. Deterrence. Protection from predators, defense of food, Services provided, Territorial defense ( - correct answer Give three different categories of benefits of living in social groups. (Hint: they don't all start with D...

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 Final ASU Arizona State University - Question and answers already passed Asm 246 Final ASU 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 The Laetoli footprints are evidence that ___ was a biped - correct answer Australopithecus afarensis The majority of the Afar Triangle is located in which of the following countries - correct answer Ethiopia Karst topography chara...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Exam 2 fully solvedDo (or did) primates live in Northern Europe? - correct answer No, almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere Which species are in the Strepsirrhini? - correct answer Lemurs, lorises, galagos, aye-ayes Which other group are the apes most closely related to? - correct answer Cercopithecoidea (baboons, macaques, etc) Where do the lemurs live? - correct answer Madagascar What group do capuchin monkeys belong to? - correct a...

ASM 246 Human Origins (week 5) Arizona State University - Question and answers 100% correct ASM 246 Human Origins (week 5) Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa Eastern Africa - OL means "PLace" - Dupai means "wild sisal" Australopithecus boisei - July 17, 1959 by MAry Leakey - "Dear Boy" Nutcracker Man -Zinjanthropus boisei >Zinj is Arabic for "East Africa" >Anthropus is Greek for "Man" >Boisei is Mr. Boisei (benefact

potential cannibalism - ️️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. - ️️One of the most surprising discoveries in the field of paleoanthropology is the species Homo floresiensis. This species is characterized by what? True - ️️True or false? Neandertals took care of the old and disabled. Homo erectus - ️️Sinanthropus pekinen...

ASM 246 Arizona State University - ASM 246 Midterm -- Week 1 Vocab and Quiz with correct answersPaleoanthropology is the study of what? - correct answer Human Origins True or False: Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor - correct answer True! True or False: Paleoanthropology is a subfield of anthropology - correct answer True! True or False: Bipedalism, the ability to walk on two legs, is one of the earliest defining human characteristics - correct answer True! What is the s...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Midterm Pt. 2 well answeredBecause humans and other primates share many characteristics, other primates provide valuable insights about early humans. - correct answer True Diversity within the primate order helps us understand - correct answer How natural selection shapes behavior. Members of the primate order are characterized by - correct answer A number of shared, derived characters, but not all primates share all of these traits. The strepsi...

ASM 246 = EXAM ONE Arizona State University - Questions with complete solution ASM 246 = EXAM ONE According to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, what three conditions are necessary for natural selection to produce adaptations? - correct answer 1. The ability of a population to expand is infinite, but the ability of the environment to support population is always finite (Environment constrains population growth) 2. Organisms within populations vary, and this variation a...