ANTH 196 Exam 4 Lawler

Primary cortex

brain region involved directly with motor and sensory input

biological profile

where a forensic anthropologist assembles information on age, sex, ancestry, etc. from a skeleton they are developing a _______

maternal-offspring conflict

when moms physiology assesses embryonic hormone levels in order to measure embryo, this is an example of ______

phonemic

the property in which words are assembled from the small units of sound is called

in order to counteract hypoxia, your body will

increase reparation and heart rate

when two allelles are maintained in a population because the heterozygote has higher fitness fitness, this is called ____

a balanced polymorphism

historical early attempts to classify diversity and race were characterized by

ethnocentrism

the _____ controls metabolic activities, while the ____ controls "higher" brain functions

brain stem, cerebrum

the deterioration of body function as we grow older is called

senescence

diseases that are transmitted to humans from contact with a nonhuman animal are called

zoonotic

IQ tests assume that different abilities are ultimately underwritten or controlled by a single _____

"g" general factor intelligence

when tooth enamel develops improperly or partially due to nutritional stress, this results in a

enamel hypoxia

the _______ is characterized by the major period of reproduction

adult period

all of the following are universal emotions except

shame and pride

human life cycle is divided into ____ stages

6

the hypothesis that suggest language evolved as a means for males to attract female is known as the ____

social flare hypothesis

the genes responsible for adaptive phenotypic plasticity are called

regulatory genes

a geneticist and find the frequency of B allele shows a gradual change from north to south in a particular region. This is called ____

a cline

the misguided idea that all social and cultural characteristics are genetically/ biologically determined is called

biological determinism

when genes are beneficial early in life but have adverse or negative effect later in life, this is called

antagonistic pleitropic

all of the following are modes of communication except

auditory (visual, tactile, vocal, olfactory are all modes of comm)

genetic differences between human races

constitute a small proportion of human genetic variation, about 8%

the epidemiological transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture consisted of

more contact with animal vectors

when your blood vessels expand to allow increased blood flow to your skin a short-term response to heat

vasodilation

the _____ suggests that language functions to exchange information about group members when group sizes are large

social gossip hypothesis

a temporary increase in melanin production in response to exposure to UV radiation

is an example of adaptive phenotype plasticity

in the online video watched featuring spencer wells, a geneticist, the topic of the video was

the discovery polymorphism

the FOXP2 gene is _____, meaning the basic sequence is similar across chimps, gorillas, and humans

conversed

key factors leading to adulthood in humans include

prolonged brain growth during childhood

the _____ suggests that language functions to establish social bonds among ancestral monogamous units

social contract hypothesis

______ are agents that carry disease and serve to transmit diseases from one carrier to another

vectors

the loss of the menstrual cycle and gradual loss of ovarian functions is called

menopause

the grandmother hypothesis suggest that ____ is adaptive

mother-offspring conflict

the largest organ in the human body is

the skin

the _____ hypothesis suggests that a switch to more meat in our diet caused our brains to enlarge and our guts to shrink

expensive tissue

when cultural practices influence genetic variation this is called

biocultural evolution

in the online video assignment, the medical doctor who first discovered the relationship between malaria and sickle cell anemia was named

Anthony Allison

The ____ and ____ consists of the troughs and rounded up part on the brains surface

sulci and gyri

during growth the majority of skeletal changes happens between the ages of _____

0-21

a forensic anthropologist who studies and compares dental records for the purpose of identification is called

a forensic odontologist

our body can adapt to cold environments over the short term by

vasoconstriction

as discussed in lecture, factors that can increase the risk of zoonosis is

deforestation and consumerism

the distribution of human genetic variation across the world can be explained by the local migration and genetic flow as well as

founder effects and colonization

evolutionary psychologists would support all of the following propositions except

the brain is a general purpose reasoning device

our hypothesis as to why humans lost their body hair is

that no body hair means no parasites

in a malaria-present environment, a heterozygote individual who carries one normal and one sickle cell allele is more likely to

have better survival relative to the AA and SS genotype

the FOXP2 gene

is important for proper language function in humans

the ABO blood system type

consists of 3 alleles, 6 genotypes, and 4 phenotypes

long term adaptation to hot climates selected for individuals have

longer limbs

it has been shown that UV radiation will damage

Folate acid (B vitamin)