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Human Biology

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Set 5 Global Expansion Human Variation And The Invention

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Question 1

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Which of the following hypotheses fits with a 'single origins' model of human evolution that acknowledges sequential migration waves?

A) Multiregional metapopulation model
B) Both the assimilation hypothesis and the replacement hypothesis
C) Replacement hypothesis
D) Assimilation hypothesis
E) All answers are correct

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Question 2

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What characterizes the 'multiregional metapopulation model' of human evolution that now dominates scientific thinking about our evolutionary past?

A) Human subpopulations diverged and interbred with other subpopulations, periodically passing genes back and forth so that no group diverged enough for speciation (macroevolution) to occur
B) Homo sapiens came into being in a number of regions, separately, and evolved in a parallel way.
C) Humans who left Africa early were killed off by subsequent waves of more highly-evolved migrants
D) Subpopulations separated long ago and evolved into the five distinct races we now know today
E) Human beings can live anywhere.

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Question 3

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A visual representation of the classic 'Out of Africa' model of human origins would look like a:

A) Spider web
B) Short bush
C) Trellis
D) Electrical grid
E) Long road

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