multiple choice: What population of modern humans would you expect to have the lowest degree of genetic variation? a   Khoe-San (hunter-gatherers from South Africa) b   Germans c   Sioux (Native Americans) d   Mongolians e   Saudi Arabians   Neandertals, the Denisovans, and Homo sapiens could be considered the same biological species because: a   they ate the same foods. b   they lived at the same time. c   they interbred and produced viable offspring. d   they existed in the same places. e   none of the above   Which of the following is NOT a derived characteristic of H. ergaster compared to earlier species of hominins? a   unique skull shape b   the ability to make stone tools d   larger brain size c   larger body e   modern-human-like limb proportions

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What population of modern humans would you expect to have the lowest degree of genetic variation?

a  

Khoe-San (hunter-gatherers from South Africa)

b  

Germans

c  

Sioux (Native Americans)

d  

Mongolians

e  

Saudi Arabians

 

Neandertals, the Denisovans, and Homo sapiens could be considered the same biological species because:

a  

they ate the same foods.

b  

they lived at the same time.

c  

they interbred and produced viable offspring.

d  

they existed in the same places.

e  

none of the above

 

Which of the following is NOT a derived characteristic of H. ergaster compared to earlier species of hominins?

a  

unique skull shape

b  

the ability to make stone tools

d  

larger brain size

c  

larger body

e  

modern-human-like limb proportions

One reason that most scholars in the 1850's and 1860's did not believe the original Neanderthal skull was a fossil ancestor was that it was:
a  
found in a cemetery where all other bones were totally modern.
b  
not clearly associated with ancient tools or other animal fossils.
c  
not associated with a pelvis to prove bipedalism.
d  
very different from other fossil human skulls, especially those of Java Man.
e  
very similar to the available gorilla skulls.
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