Foundations of Anthropology

Anthropology

A collection of knowledge-based questions regarding human evolution, cultural anthropology, and biological anthropology.

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1 Which genus of hominins is widely considered the earliest known ancestor to definitively demonstrate obligate bipedalism?

A Australopithecus
B Homo habilis
C Paranthropus
D Ardipithecus

2 In linguistic anthropology, what term describes the study of how sound systems are organized within a specific language?

A Syntax
B Phonology
C Morphology
D Semantics

3 The 'Out of Africa' theory suggests that anatomically modern humans migrated from Africa approximately how many years ago?

A 50,000 to 100,000 years ago
B 200,000 to 300,000 years ago
C 500,000 to 700,000 years ago
D 1 million to 1.2 million years ago

4 Which archaeological technique uses the decay of carbon-14 isotopes to date organic materials?

A Potassium-argon dating
B Dendrochronology
C Radiocarbon dating
D Thermoluminescence

5 What is the term for the biological process through which human populations adapt to high-altitude environments?

A Acclimatization
B Genetic drift
C Convergent evolution
D Founder effect

6 The 'Great Chain of Being' was largely superseded in anthropology by the principle of cultural relativism, famously championed by which scholar?

A Charles Darwin
B Franz Boas
C Margaret Mead
D Bronisław Malinowski

7 Which stone tool industry is characterized by large, bifacial hand axes and is associated primarily with Homo erectus?

A Oldowan
B Mousterian
C Acheulean
D Clovis

8 In kinship studies, what does the term 'patrilocality' describe?

A Tracing descent through the female line
B A practice where a couple resides near the husband's kin
C Inheritance of property through the eldest daughter
D The prohibition of marriage within a specific clan

9 Which primate species shares approximately 98.7% of its DNA with humans?

A Gorilla beringei
B Pan troglodytes
C Pongo pygmaeus
D Macaca mulatta

10 What is the name of the theory that posits that cultural traits are transmitted through imitation and learning rather than genetic inheritance?

A Dual inheritance theory
B Cultural ecology
C Structural functionalism
D Symbolic interactionism

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