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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do gorillas then separate?
(a) C. 20 millions of years ago.
(b) C. 15 millions of years ago.
(c) C. 10 millions of years ago.
(d) C. 5 millions of years ago.

2. The chimp species (Pan troglodytes) shares what percent of its DNA in common with the pygmy chimp species (Pan paniscus)?
(a) 95.3.
(b) 99.3.
(c) 89.3.
(d) 90.3.

3. Why do races tend to remain established and distinct?
(a) Natural selection.
(b) Physical selection.
(c) Genetic selection.
(d) Sexual selection.

4. The human penis is largely used for what?
(a) Male-female display.
(b) Male-male display.
(c) Attracting the female.
(d) A higher frequency of sexual activity.

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

6. What is a fundamental aspect of humanity and in general is easy to determine even by non-experts?
(a) Country of origin.
(b) Race.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Religion.

7. Where is there a disparity regarding adulterous relationships?
(a) Between the guilt felt by men and women engaging in these types of relationships.
(b) Between the benefits for men and women engaging in these types of relationships.
(c) Between the legal consequences for men and women engaging in adulterous relationships.
(d) Between the religious consequences for men and women engaging in adulterous relationships.

8. What does the author think of the second criterion?
(a) It is unanswerable and therefore not applicable to the debate.
(b) It has nothing to do with humans making art.
(c) It is the most significant of the criteria.
(d) It is uniquely human.

9. What does the author propose regarding race?
(a) It is a self-sustaining mating preference.
(b) It is an insignificant mating preference.
(c) It is not a self-sustaining mating preference.
(d) It is a destructive mating preference.

10. The author presents a greatly simplified view of the evolutionary process where numerous uncertain elements are noted but dismissed. For what does this allow?
(a) A fairly straightforward presentation of human evolution in an intelligible and accessible format.
(b) The author to convince the reader to trust his views.
(c) Other scientists to dismiss this author's claims.
(d) To make evolution seem simple and straightforward.

11. What does the author state about the gap between animal vocalizations and human language?
(a) It is a large gap.
(b) It is greater than once commonly believed.
(c) It is not as great as is commonly believed.
(d) There is hardly a gap.

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

13. Why must women be highly selective in extra-marital sexual partners?
(a) To avoid compromise or disclosure.
(b) They are supported by society.
(c) They risk contracting diseases.
(d) To avoid becoming emotionally attached.

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

15. When do various physical illnesses and social disease arise?
(a) When food is scarce.
(b) With the hunting to extinction of large species by the hunter-gatherer societies.
(c) With the advent of agriculture and rising population densities.
(d) When various groups converge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do these creatures grow?

2. H. erectus was not the first upright hominid but bears the appellation. Why?

3. How are the most rudimentary human languages termed?

4. Several scientifically rigorous genetic investigations of large populations conclusively demonstrate that roughly ______ percent of human children are not the genetic children of the male parent whom assumes genetic relatedness.

5. Why does the author suggest this about an optimal organism?

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