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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

3. 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. sapiens.
(d) The first modern H. georgicus.

4. If a woman continued to deliver children as frequently as possible until death, what would happen to her?
(a) She would do nothing but reproduce.
(b) She would have a difficult time raising her children.
(c) She would be pregnant almost constantly for many decades.
(d) Her death would nearly positively result from childbirth.

5. 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 are all suitable holistic answers to the problem.
(b) They all fall short of providing a suitable holistic answer to the problem.
(c) Some provide a suitable holistic answer to the problem.
(d) Only a few are suitable holistic anwers to the problem.

6. What is the size ratio between a male and female in monogamous species?
(a) They are usually the same size.
(b) The female is usually larger than the male.
(c) The size is not of importance.
(d) The male is usually larger than the female.

7. There are undoubted benefits of agriculture that come with what?
(a) Notable drawbacks.
(b) Notable benefits.
(c) Minor drawbacks.
(d) Significant benefits.

8. Does penis size correspond to frequency of sexual intercourse?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) In some species.

9. When do humans separate?
(a) C. 6 millions of years ago.
(b) C. 10 millions of years ago.
(c) C. 2 millions of years ago.
(d) C. 15 millions of years ago.

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

11. How complex is human language?
(a) Somewhat complex.
(b) Partially complex.
(c) Not at all complex.
(d) Incredibly complex.

12. What does this society not show?
(a) Innovation or variability over vast geological areas and enormous time spans.
(b) An interest in hunting and gathering.
(c) The lack of innovation once thought.
(d) The inability to think critically.

13. What do some linguists convincingly argue about the complexity of language?
(a) It is more complex for some languages than others.
(b) It demands a biologically pre-determined capability for language.
(c) No language is extremely complex.
(d) Only a few languages are truly complex.

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

15. What is the correlation for same-race mating?
(a) +0.3.
(b) +0.2.
(c) +0.9.
(d) +0.5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author propose regarding race?

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

3. How does the author believe that humans and chimps should properly be considered to be?

4. The human penis is largely used for what?

5. Who are the chimps' closest living relatives?

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