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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Horses, Hittites, and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?
(a) From glottochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(b) From grabochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(c) From garbochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(d) From gluttonchronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.

2. Does an analysis of today's few remaining hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the conventional wisdom is correct?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Only in certain climates in the world.
(d) In some cultures.

3. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"
(a) Due to childhood imprinting.
(b) Due to the media.
(c) Due to genetics.
(d) Due to education.

4. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.
(a) Correlation coefficients.
(b) Coronation coefficients.
(c) Correlation components.
(d) Coronation components.

5. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are undoubted benefits of agriculture that come with what?

2. What physical traits tend to be significant for an individual's attraction to someone else?

3. What do these creatures grow?

4. Why are studies of sexual attractiveness in humans difficult to do?

5. Is agriculture the golden solution for human survival?

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