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1
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Rickey is the result of

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Lack of vitamin D

2
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A gradual change in phenotype over a geographical area is called a

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Cline

3
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Melanin

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Is advantageous because it provides protection from solar radiation

4
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Which of the following biological processes involves a reduction in homeostasis?

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Senescence

5
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When epiphysis fuse to the diaphysis

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Full adult height is attained

6
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Frank Livingstone, a noted physical anthropologist, is famous for having said about human diversity in appearance, “There are no _________; there are only ___________.”

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Races; cline

7
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Allen’s rule indicates that humans will have

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Longer limbs in hot environments and shorter in colder in environments.

8
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Acclimatization

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Occurs at the individual level throughout an individual’s lifetime

9
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Wolff’s Law

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refers to the homeostatic balance leading to bone mass being produced where it is needed and removed where it is not needed.

10
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Children living at high altitudes develop a larger chest cavity by adulthood than children living at lower altitudes. This is an example of

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Developmental adaptations that occurs at the level of the individual during critical life stages

11
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Hypoxia has been shown to be an agent of natural selection in that Tibetan women:

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with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin had more surviving children.

12
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Genetic adaptations

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Occurs at the population level via natural selection

13
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The eruption of the first permanent molar and the completion of brain growth happen during ____________ development

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Childhood

14
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Natural selection favored alleles for light skin in

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Europe

15
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Sexual dimorphism refers to the

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Difference in physical attributes of males and females

16
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Franz Boas

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showed that U.S.-born children had different head shapes than their immigrant parents.

17
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Loring Brance argued that the race concept

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can be traced to the Renaissance, when seafaring travelers observed differences between people from distant lands.

18
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Cultural adaptation

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involves using material culture or learned practices to make living possible in certain settings.

19
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For women with very low body weight high amounts of exercise can result in

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Reduced ability to conceive relative to women who do not exercise

20
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Multiple biological

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Do not lead to clear cut racial classifications

21
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Developmental adaptation

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Occurs at the individual level during childhood

22
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Sexual maturation or puberty is marked by

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Menarche in girls

23
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Humans survival is attributed to

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The ability to adapt