Pierce College » Anthropology » Anthropology 101 - Human Biological Evolution » Winter 2020

Question #1

The individual genotypes in a breeding population, taken as a whole, are the:

A. phenotype.

B. gene pool.

C. DNA.

D. polygene.

Question #2

The geneticist who studied the workings of fruit flies’ chromosomes was:

A. Thomas Hunt Morgan.

B. Thomas Huxley.

C. Gregor Mendel.

D. Charles Darwin.

Question #3

The scientist whose work provided the foundation for later understandings of genetics was:

A. John Ray.

B. Robert Hooke.

C. Gregor Mendel.

D. Charles Darwin.

Question #4

Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because it:

A. synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change.

B. coined the concept of evolution.

C. proposed the use of the scientific method for the first time.

D. was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change.

Question #5

What are the classification levels of humans from order to species?

A. Chordata, Mammalia, Haplorhini, Hominoidea, Homo, and sapiens

B. Mammalia, Platyrrhini, Hominioidea, Hominidae, Homo, and sapiens

C. Primates, Haplorhini, Anthropoidea, Catarrhini, Hominoidea, Hominidea, Homininae, Hominine, Homo, and sapiens

D. Primates, Strepsirhini, Catarrhini, Hominoidea, Hominidea, Homo, and sapiens