1. In humans, what does evolution rely on?
(a) Sexual and asexual reproduction.
(b) Sexual Reproduction.
(c) Fission.
(d) Asexual reproduction.

2. According to the author and other research, who should have a better evolutionary outcome?
(a) Same-sex Reproduction.
(b) Sexual Reproduction.
(c) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction.
(d) Asexual reproduction.

3. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.
(a) Everyone.
(b) No one.
(c) Only humans, not other organisms.
(d) One member of the same organism versus another member of that same organisim.

4. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?
(a) Decreases randomness of the genome.
(b) Causes too much risk in the genes.
(c) Increases randomness of the genome.
(d) Makes stronger genes.

5. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.
(a) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(b) Russel Wallace.
(c) Richard Dawkins.
(d) Charles Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pre- Darwinian thinkers such as _____________ believed that evolution was a process of individual adaptations that were later passed down to ancestors.

2. How does the Red Queen begin?

3. Who has solutions concerning genetics?

4. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.

5. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?

(see the answer key)

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