A) evolution, as often conceived as a process of natural selection shaping existing traits or creating new ones over time, is in one sense over for humans.
B) human evolution and the rise of new traits is rapidly continuing as humans biologically adapt to their environments.
C) genetic evolution is more likely today than it was before the advent of agriculture 10 ka.
D) natural selection is completely irrelevant to the study of human behavior and mate choice in modern societies.
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A) Members of contemporary hunter-gatherer bands are not as closely related as thought, and unrelated individuals in most societies cooperate often.
B) People frequently move between bands, so cooperation of any kind is impossible.
C) Individuals cooperate only with family members.
D) Cooperation is simply rarely observed among most human groups.
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A) Humans cooperate only with their relatives.
B) Humans cooperate with large numbers of unrelated individuals.
C) Humans rarely cooperate.
D) Humans cooperate only under the supervision of government institutions.
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A) Cultural evolution is slower.
B) Cultural evolution is faster because it can occur in individuals and be passed on.
C) Cultural evolution occurs at the same rate.
D) Cultural evolution is faster because it alters the underlying genes, which then quickly spread through the population.
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A) perform an action by watching the behavior of others.
B) learn the end state of a behavior but not the behavior that generated the end state.
C) have an increased chance of learning a behavior when others have that behavior.
D) learn a behavior by following the first steps and then figure out the rest on their own.
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A) punishment of free-riders and enforcement of moral normal by third parties.
B) pure and unselfish altruism by most individuals in the group.
C) an altruism gene that reverses the effects of kin selection.
D) extremely low levels of relatedness that result from regular inbreeding.
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A) It allows for the development of cumulative culture because individuals from every generation learn each behavioral variant on their own.
B) It allows behavioral variants to be copied and changed by succeeding generations.
C) It results in complex behaviors, skills, belief systems, and bodies of knowledge for nonhuman primates.
D) It occurs because individuals are in situations that allow them to experiment and solve similar problems in the same way.
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A) agricultural
B) industrial
C) small hunter-gatherer
D) pastoralist
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A) intelligence and the ability to cooperate in the context of culture
B) individuality and perseverance
C) a large brain and superior genes for behavior
D) the ability for social learning and a large population size
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A) They typically copy it faithfully.
B) They typically do not copy it.
C) They typically only copy the components that are relevant to achieving an outcome.
D) They typically copy only a few randomly chosen components.
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A) with social facilitation only.
B) with observational learning only.
C) only when learning is mainly genetic.
D) only in humans.
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A) They perished because they were unable to figure out how to adapt to the arctic habitat.
B) They succeeded in surviving the harsh arctic conditions.
C) They had access to accumulated local knowledge.
D) They brought with them a diverse tool kit.
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