Question 1

Of all hominids, the one who did the most meat eating was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo Habilis 
B)  Homo-Erectus 
C)  Homo Neanderthals 
D)  Homo Sapiens 
A)  Homo Habilis 
B)  Homo-Erectus 
C)  Homo Neanderthals 
D)  Homo Sapiens D

Question 2

Which of the following did bipedalism make possible:

Accepted Answer

A)  adaptation to a drier climate 
B)  freeing of the hand for tool use 
C)  the ability to throw objects and kill at a distance 
D)  enhanced ability to communicate with gestures 
E)  all of the above 
A)  adaptation to a drier climate 
B)  freeing of the hand for tool use 
C)  the ability to throw objects and kill at a distance 
D)  enhanced ability to communicate with gestures 
E)  all of the above E

Question 3

It is possible for a species to be social without being socio-cultural.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

One example of an advantage of verbal language over grooming is:

Accepted Answer

A)  it makes coalition formation possible 
B)  it creates orders of mind 
C)  it allows us to reach more individuals at one time 
D)  language creates sociality in animals. 
A)  it makes coalition formation possible 
B)  it creates orders of mind 
C)  it allows us to reach more individuals at one time 
D)  language creates sociality in animals.

Question 5

In the competition between Homo Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, that latter prevailed because for all the reasons except which one?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens had larger brains 
B)  Homo Sapiens had verbal language 
C)  Homo Sapiens planned their hunts 
D)  Homo Sapiens operated in larger groups 
E)  Homo Sapiens outpopulated Homo Neanderthals 
A)  Homo sapiens had larger brains 
B)  Homo Sapiens had verbal language 
C)  Homo Sapiens planned their hunts 
D)  Homo Sapiens operated in larger groups 
E)  Homo Sapiens outpopulated Homo Neanderthals

Question 6

When some apes moved from the trees to the ground, their emotional expression became louder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Third order intentionally is possible without verbal language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The existence of calls in other animals is not the same as human language because:

Accepted Answer

A)  there is no time-place displacement 
B)  they cannot be applied beyond the species-specific setting in which they originated 
C)  the references are much more specific to mating, danger and food than human language is 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above. Calls are just as complex as human language. 
A)  there is no time-place displacement 
B)  they cannot be applied beyond the species-specific setting in which they originated 
C)  the references are much more specific to mating, danger and food than human language is 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above. Calls are just as complex as human language.

Question 9

Contrast the pros and cons of hominids living during the Ice Ages as opposed to the interglacial periods in terms of the possibilities for evolution.

Accepted Answer

During the Ice Ages, hominids faced hars

Question 10

One foundation stone of hypothetical reasoning is verbal language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Without a theory of mind it is not possible to lie.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Name as many processes as you can for what the skill of verbal language adds that gestural communication cannot do. How does verbal language feed forward into cultural evolution?

Accepted Answer

Verbal language adds several processes t

Question 13

Unscramble the following processes into their evolutionary order and justify why each of these is the foundation of the next: song and dance, conventional contact calls, vocal and physical grooming, gossip, and gestures.

Accepted Answer

The evolutionary order of these processe

Question 14

The first hominid to use tools was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ardipithecus 
B)  Australopithecus (Lucy) 
C)  Homo Habilis 
D)  Homo Erectus 
E)  Homo Neanderthals 
A)  Ardipithecus 
B)  Australopithecus (Lucy) 
C)  Homo Habilis 
D)  Homo Erectus 
E)  Homo Neanderthals

Question 15

The only monogamous primate is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  gibbon 
B)  orangutan 
C)  gorilla 
D)  chimp 
E)  bonobo 
A)  gibbon 
B)  orangutan 
C)  gorilla 
D)  chimp 
E)  bonobo

Question 16

The rewiring of the brain from the limbic system to the neo-cortex opened up the range of emotional expressions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Give an example of your membership in a group in which any four of the eight of Boyer's conditions for coalition formation were operating:
A) name which of the eight coalitions were formed, and
B) say how they operated in your group.

Accepted Answer

In my previous workplace, a group formed

Question 18

For Robin Dunbar the enlargement of brain size was mostly caused by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a more complex physical environment 
B)  more intense competition among species 
C)  an increase in the pace of evolution 
D)  dense social networks of up to 150 people 
E)  none of the above 
A)  a more complex physical environment 
B)  more intense competition among species 
C)  an increase in the pace of evolution 
D)  dense social networks of up to 150 people 
E)  none of the above

Question 19

Compared to Neanderthal females Homo Sapiens females were more dependent on males.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Define fourth order intentionality and give an example from your own life.

Accepted Answer

Fourth order intentionality refers to th

Of all hominids, the one who did the most meat eating was:

Which of the following did bipedalism make possible:

It is possible for a species to be social without being socio-cultural.

One example of an advantage of verbal language over grooming is:

In the competition between Homo Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, that latter prevailed because for all the reasons except which one?

When some apes moved from the trees to the ground, their emotional expression became louder.

Third order intentionally is possible without verbal language.

The existence of calls in other animals is not the same as human language because:

Contrast the pros and cons of hominids living during the Ice Ages as opposed to the interglacial periods in terms of the possibilities for evolution.

One foundation stone of hypothetical reasoning is verbal language.

Without a theory of mind it is not possible to lie.

Name as many processes as you can for what the skill of verbal language adds that gestural communication cannot do. How does verbal language feed forward into cultural evolution?

Unscramble the following processes into their evolutionary order and justify why each of these is the foundation of the next: song and dance, conventional contact calls, vocal and physical grooming, gossip, and gestures.

The first hominid to use tools was:

The only monogamous primate is the:

The rewiring of the brain from the limbic system to the neo-cortex opened up the range of emotional expressions.

Give an example of your membership in a group in which any four of the eight of Boyer's conditions for coalition formation were operating: A) name which of the eight coalitions were formed, and B) say how they operated in your group.

For Robin Dunbar the enlargement of brain size was mostly caused by:

Compared to Neanderthal females Homo Sapiens females were more dependent on males.

Define fourth order intentionality and give an example from your own life.

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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Exam 3: Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Of all hominids, the one who did the most meat eating was:

Which of the following did bipedalism make possible:

It is possible for a species to be social without being socio-cultural.

One example of an advantage of verbal language over grooming is:

In the competition between Homo Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, that latter prevailed because for all the reasons except which one?

When some apes moved from the trees to the ground, their emotional expression became louder.

Third order intentionally is possible without verbal language.

The existence of calls in other animals is not the same as human language because:

Contrast the pros and cons of hominids living during the Ice Ages as opposed to the interglacial periods in terms of the possibilities for evolution.

One foundation stone of hypothetical reasoning is verbal language.

Without a theory of mind it is not possible to lie.

Name as many processes as you can for what the skill of verbal language adds that gestural communication cannot do. How does verbal language feed forward into cultural evolution?

Unscramble the following processes into their evolutionary order and justify why each of these is the foundation of the next: song and dance, conventional contact calls, vocal and physical grooming, gossip, and gestures.

The first hominid to use tools was:

The only monogamous primate is the:

The rewiring of the brain from the limbic system to the neo-cortex opened up the range of emotional expressions.

Give an example of your membership in a group in which any four of the eight of Boyer's conditions for coalition formation were operating: A) name which of the eight coalitions were formed, and B) say how they operated in your group.

For Robin Dunbar the enlargement of brain size was mostly caused by:

Compared to Neanderthal females Homo Sapiens females were more dependent on males.

Define fourth order intentionality and give an example from your own life.

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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