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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Animal Origins of Art.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is generally considered uniquely human?
(a) Music.
(b) Language.
(c) Dance.
(d) Art.

2. When do chimpanzees diverge from pygmy chimpanzees?
(a) C. 5 millions of years ago.
(b) C. 2 millions of years ago.
(c) C. 6 millions of years ago.
(d) C. 10 millions of years ago.

3. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?
(a) They all fall short of providing a suitable holistic answer to the problem.
(b) They are all suitable holistic answers to the problem.
(c) Only a few are suitable holistic anwers to the problem.
(d) Some provide a suitable holistic answer to the problem.

4. Can natural selection explain these traits?
(a) Frequently.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

5. What is the purpose of the bowers?
(a) To show off for other males.
(b) To raise their young.
(c) To attract females for mating.
(d) To protect them from the elements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If a woman continued to deliver children as frequently as possible until death, what would happen to her?

3. What does the author think of the second criterion?

4. In most primates, sexually receptive females exhibit what?

5. How are the most rudimentary human languages termed?

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