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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Twenty-Four-Karat Thumb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Robin Dunbar?
(a) A professor of genealogy.
(b) A professor of anthropology.
(c) A professor of biology.
(d) A professor of archeology.

2. Who is Sir Charles Bell?
(a) The only British doctor who performs surgery even after the loss of one hand.
(b) A famous Scottish composer.
(c) A famous Irish composer.
(d) A Scottish surgeon who is a contemporary of Charles Darwin.

3. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?
(a) Our food.
(b) Our appointment books.
(c) Our hands.
(d) Our interaction with others.

4. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?
(a) It can give you aerobic exercise if you do it vigorously.
(b) It involves the complementary processes of throwing and catching.
(c) It can earn money on the street corner.
(d) The balls can be thrown at a robber.

5. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?
(a) As structurally radically different.
(b) As structurally equivalent.
(c) As functionally equivalent.
(d) As functionally very different.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the brain do when the forelimbs were no longer used to walk?

2. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?

3. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?

4. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?

5. What does juggling as learned and performed by Percelly provide?

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