Exam 2: Extension: A - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Mammals with EQs larger than 1.0 would most likely have a _____ brain than is expected for mammals of that particular body weight.

Falk has suggested that the opportunity for brain expansion in the hominids is directly related to:

I made simple stone tools. I am about 2 million years old. Louis Leakey found me in the Olduvai Gorge. My name is _____.

A common epigenetic mechanism that suppresses gene expression is:

Each human somatic cell contains _____ chromosomes comprised of _____ autosomes and _____ sex chromosomes.

Tay - Sachs disease is inherited through a _____ gene and Huntington's disease is inherited through a _____ gene.

Choose the correct ordering of encephalization quotients for the following list of species (from highest to lowest).

Modern chimpanzees and humans share about _____ percent of their genes.

The epigenetic code is a second code governing protein production through environmental influences that:

All animals along a particular branch of a cladogram:

The average weight of the human brain is between _____ ml.

I left footprints over 3 million years ago. I was found by R. A. Dart. He named me:

The human genome is comprised of:

The encephalization quotient of modern humans is _____ that of chimpanzees.

A phylogenetic lineage refers to a:

The study of nonhuman species is NOT useful in ______.

The encephalization quotient relates a mammalian species':

According to Mendelian genetics theory experience _____, but it appears that through epigenetic mechanisms it _____.

Which of the following has the highest EQ?

Down syndrome is an _____, while Tay - Sachs disease involves an _____.