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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?

2. To what is the pair bonding found among humans probably due?

3. Around 500,000 years ago, H. erectus appears to have given rise to who?

4. From what does the author derive clues regarding a species' long-term survival probability?

5. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What other creatures also practice agriculture, besides humans?

2. How is the study of testis and penis size among primates useful?

3. What are the risks of extra-marital affairs for men and women?

4. What traits are extremely highly correlated to sexual attractiveness?

5. How does Chapter 5 begin?

6. What are other traits are highly correlated to sexual attractiveness?

7. How is the third criterion not uniquely human?

8. What is the purpose of this chapter?

9. What does the author say about the first proto-human hominids?

10. What does Charles Darwin realize about some traits possessed by many organisms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A chapter in this book presents the question, why are we attracted to certain types of people?

Part 1) What does the author give as an explanation for this? What research does the author provide to back his claims?

Part 2) Do you believe that the author's research is valid? Why or why not? Are their aspects of attraction that are missing in the author's research? If so, what?

Part 3) How much of one's interest in another is on a subconscious level, how much is based on the decisions one consciously makes? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Genocide is analyzed on an historical level.

Part 1) What is genocide? Why does it take place?

Part 2) What examples does the author give for genocide? How are these examples surprising?

Part 3) Is genocide uniquely human? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

One chapter is devoted to the peoples, languages, and cultures of New Guinea.

Part 1) Describe New Guinea and its culture. Why is there an entire chapter devoted to New Guinea?

Part 2) What can scientists learn about humans, in general, by studying the peoples, languages, and cultures of New Guinea?

Part 3) What aspects of New Guinea life and culture is unusual and vastly different from many other cultures around the world? How does this affect the use of the study of New Guinea as a study of humanity as a whole?

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