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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Golden Age That Never Was.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some European inhabitants of Australia argue should be carried out in Australia?
(a) More assimilation.
(b) A similar genocide.
(c) Less genocide.
(d) Less assimilation.

2. In most primates, sexually receptive females exhibit what?
(a) Aggressive behaviors.
(b) Hidden estrus.
(c) Brightly colored and swollen genitalia.
(d) Certain behaviors.

3. When was agriculture first being practiced?
(a) 10,000 years ago.
(b) 100,000 years ago.
(c) 1,000,000 years ago.
(d) 1,000 years ago.

4. Around 500,000 years ago, H. erectus appears to have given rise to who?
(a) The first modern H. georgicus.
(b) The first modern H. habilis.
(c) The first modern H. sapiens.
(d) The first modern H. ergaster.

5. What does the author note about studies done on woodpeckers?
(a) Woodpecker traits are only found in other bird species.
(b) Woodpecker traits are found plentifully in other bird species and most of the traits necessary to be a woodpecker have come together only once during evolution
(c) Woodpecker traits are found only slightly in other bird species and yet all of the traits necessary to be a woodpecker have come together only once during evolution.
(d) Woodpecker traits are found plentifully in other bird species and yet all of the traits necessary to be a woodpecker have come together only once during evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a fundamental aspect of humanity and in general is easy to determine even by non-experts?

2. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

3. Is the third art criterion uniquely human?

4. What does the author say about primates with large testes?

5. What does the fact that the many vocalizations among groups of the same species vary significantly from group to group indicate?

(see the answer key)

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