Question

1.Who is generally credited with founding anthropology as a modern social science?

A. Charles Darwin

B. Franz Boas

C. Lewis Henry Morgan

D. Margaret Mead

E. None of these

2. All of the following are subdisciplines of anthropology except:

A. Forensic anthropology

B. Linguistic Anthropology

C. Biological Anthropology

D. Archaeology

3.An idea that has been repeatedly variably tested and not falsified is called:

A. a theory

B. a law

C. a hypothesis

D. the scientific method

4. What is the name that refers to humans and human ancestors?

A. Homo sapiens

B. Primates

C. Apes

D. Hominins

5. Camouflage, such as arctic foxes blending in to their snowy environment, is an example of:

A. polygenism

B. the transmutation hypothesis

C. inheritance of acquired characteristics

D. adaptation

6. The British naturalist Richard Owen:

A. Coined the word "dinosaur"

B. Founded the London Museum of Natural History

C. Both of these

D. Neither of these

7. Darwin did not understand:

A. how inheritance worked

B. where variation came from

C. species selection

D. all of these

8. The fact that the peoples of Africa generally have darker skin than peoples of Europe is due to:

A. UV rays

B. Vitamin D

C. Folic acid

D. All of these

9.The post-synthesis ideas about evolution:

A. put less emphasis on DNA sequences

B. recognize epigenetic factors

C. refute species selection

D. all of the above

10.The synthetic theory of evolution included all of the following except:

A. integration of speciation and geography

B.mathematical predictions about the gene pool

C. molecular evolution

D. species diversification

11. Which of the following is NOT true:

A. natural selection should favor the weeding out of harmful genes

B. If changes to the DNA do not alter a gene's protein, they are more likey to get weeded out

C. Scientists still aren't sure how DNA sequences results in a four dimensional animal

D. There are more mutations and genetic differences between species BETWEEN genes than WITHIN genes

12.Whose discovery made the dating of ancient materials possible?

A. Charles Darwin

B. Francis Crick

C. Marie Curie

D. Gregor Mendel

E. William Paley

13. Charles Darwin is responsible for discovering which of the following:

A. the laws of inheritance

B. the theory of natural selection

C. the classification of living organisms

D. all of the above

14. Sometimes a species' trait is not actually an adaptation because:

A. it result from other properties

B. hitchhiker effect

C. it is an exaptation

D. all of these

15. The subfield of biological anthropology that studies human skeletal remains and materials found with those remains is:

A. bioarchaeology

B. forensic anthropology

C. paleoanthropology

D. human biology

Mendelian genetics

Answer 1

Franz Boas is Specifically credited with founding arthropology as a modern social science and he was born in Minden, Specifically in the Westphalia region of German country, in the year 1858. From the age of 5, he was Specifically interested in the natural science as well as biology subject . He came into arthropology and gave many contribution and was credited of founding it as modern social science

So option b is the answer

So the option a,c,d and e is wrong