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Anthropology 110 1. _T_ Biological Anthropology is closely related to the branch of biology known as Human Biology. True. Answer on page 3 in the first lines of the page. 2. _T_ Paleoanthropology is the study of the physical characteristics, evolution, and behavior of our fossil ancestors True. Answer on page 4 on the left side of the page. 3. _F_ One of the primary uses of forensic anthropology is to provide identification of missing persons. False, page 5 in the first paragraph says that the primary use of forensic anthropology is to study human skeletal remains that would help determine the physical characteristics along with how long they have been dead for. 4. _T_ The scientific method involves formulating hypotheses, making observations, and drawing conclusions. True. Answer found on page 6 in the model in the bottom of the page. 5. _F_ A theory is a conclusion not necessarily based on observations or testing. “It’s just a Theory.” False, page 6 in the first paragraph says that a theory is a series of hypotheses that attempts to explain or disproof observations. 6. _F_ The founder of the field of biological anthropology was Charles Darwin. False, page 7 on the last paragraph of the page says that German scientist, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, was the founder of biological anthropology.

7. _F_ Only modern humans exhibit cultural behavior. False, page 8 on the last paragraph talking about culture explains how many chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas exhibit cultural behavior. There is evidence of this with the picture of an ape learning to cook food in a frying pan. 8. _T_ Human beings around the world look different partly because they have adapted to different environmental conditions. True. Answer found on page 10 9. __F_Jane Goodall is best known for her work in studying the fossils found at the African site of Olduvai Gorge. False, page 13 on the last paragraph states that Jane Goodall is responsible for the 60+ years of study of chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. 10. _T__ Taxonomy is the science of naming different living forms and uses the concept of the holotype to define a species’ characteristics. True. Answer found on page 16 on the right side of the page. 11. _T__One explanation for the diversity of life on earth is based on the process of continental drift. Based on the diagrams of Figure 1-11 write the name of the earliest configuration of the modern continents in the blank space. Pangea. True. Answer found on page 15. 12. _T__ An apomorphy is a newly arisen (derived trait) that is used to define a group of related species. For example, a derived character of cows might be the presence of four-footedness. True . Answer found on page 19 13._T_An accepted wisdom that Darwin grew to disagree with was the immutability of species.

True. Answer found on page 10 14._T__Darwin concluded that all life forms are related and have evolved from what he called a “common ancestor.” True. Answer found on page 10 15._T__ Phylogeny is the study of evolutionary relationships of living forms. The concept of phylogeny has been likened to that of a tree. True. Answer found on page 18 16._T__ In Figure 1-17 the cladogram shows that the spider monkey is more closely related to humans than is the ring-tailed lemur. True. Answer found on page 21 17._F__ Cladistics is one component of a phylogenetic tree. The other two components are chronistics and taxonomy. False, page 20-21 chronistics and taxonomy aren’t mentioned in the paragraph explaining the phylogenetic tree but rather geological age and data on anatomical similarity. 18._T__ A close cladistic relationship means that two taxa have a more distant common ancestor. True. Answer found on page 19 19._T__ Ecology is defined from the Latin phrase “study of habitation.” True. Answer found on page 22 20._T__ Molecular biologists use genes to measure evolution rather than fossils. True. Answer found on page 22

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