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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Sexual Selection, and the Origin of Human Races.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does evidence suggest about how long race has been a characteristic of modern humans?
(a) A very long time.
(b) A somewhat short time.
(c) A somewhat long time.
(d) A very short time.

2. How is this purely biological viewpoint on sexual encounters enormously complicated?
(a) By the changes in human desires throughout the centuries.
(b) By contrasting research results.
(c) By the evolution of a polygamous desire to one that is monogamous.
(d) By numerous asymmetrical social constructions.

3. What does Chapter 2 present?
(a) A detailed description of Pan.
(b) A brief overview of chimpanzee evolution.
(c) A brief overview of human evolution.
(d) A detailed description of the first Homo.

4. What does the author say about primates with large testes?
(a) They are more complaisant.
(b) They mate frequently.
(c) They mate infrequently.
(d) They are more aggressive.

5. What strongly reinforces the desire for racially distinct partners?
(a) Genetics.
(b) Childhood imprinting.
(c) Education.
(d) Infant imprinting.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a strong correlation between sexual size dimorphism and what?

2. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?

3. How do scientists know that about four millions of years ago the first proto-human hominids began to walk upright?

4. What is the size ratio between a male and female in monogamous species?

5. What does this say about secretive extra-marital sexual unions?

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