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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, In Black and White.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are human females nearly unique among animals?
(a) They carry their children for nine months prior to birth.
(b) They are assisted by a male when raising children.
(c) They produce live young.
(d) In menopause.

2. Do all animals that show artistic tendencies satisfy each criterion?
(a) In all cases.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) In most cases.

3. Somewhat less than 100,000 years ago, who replaced the Neanderthals?
(a) Cro-Magnon man.
(b) Homo habilis.
(c) Crypton man.
(d) Homo erectus.

4. Do most racial traits appear to have any meaningful influence on environmental fitness?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Some.
(d) No.

5. To what is the pair bonding found among humans probably due?
(a) The need for a permanent mate.
(b) The need for having many children.
(c) The inordinately high burden of childcare found within human societies.
(d) The difficulty of surviving on one's own.

Short Answer Questions

1. The artistic endeavors of what animals are presented and considered?

2. What does the author argue about the life span of humans?

3. What is the correlation for same-race mating?

4. About 200,000 years ago, H. sapiens appears to have diverged into two distinct lineages usually known as what?

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

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