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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arm We Brought Down From the Trees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wilson, how many problem-solving strategies are there that stand out above all others?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?
(a) Inequality of the sexes.
(b) Good leadership.
(c) Group cooperation.
(d) Equality of the sexes.

3. What did the brain do when the forelimbs were no longer used to walk?
(a) Made them functional in other areas.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Retrained itself not to use them for walking
(d) Developed other means of walking on all fours.

4. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?
(a) The ability to catch objects.
(b) The ability to hunt.
(c) The ability to throw objects.
(d) The ability to carve.

5. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?
(a) Walking upright.
(b) Brain evolution.
(c) Opposing thumb.
(d) Agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

2. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?

3. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?

4. What is one thing that demonstrates the integration of movement in the shoulder, arm and hand?

5. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?

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