The concept of evolution is unique to Western science
False
True or False: In Darwin's Dangerous Idea we learn that Charles Darwin immediately recognized the importance of beak variation in finches while visiting the Gal�pagos Islands.
False
The relationship between malaria and the HbS allele is one of the weakest examples of natural selection in contemporary human populations.
False
Dominance and recessiveness are all-or-nothing situations because the recessive allele has no phenotypic effects in heterozygotes.
False
The mammals achieved rapid evolutionary success because they possessed several characteristics related to learning and general behavioral flexibility.
True
The phylum chordate includes all animals with a nerve cord, gill slits, and supporting cord along the back.
True
The fact that Strepsirhines evolved before the anthropoids indicates that anthropoids are more evolved.
False
Colobine monkeys specialize in eating mature leaves, and are referred to as "leaf-eating monkeys.
True
The dental formula for a generalized placental mammal is 3.1.4.3.
True
According to the cladistics classification, humans must be classified in the same family as the other great apes because they share a common ancestor with these creatures.
True
Humans and New World monkeys both have a 2.1.2.3 dental formula.
False
The "dental comb" is a specialization found in most of the anthropoid species.
False
All primates have fusion of the two sides of the mandible into one bone.
False
A derived trait is a trait that appears earlier in the evolution of a lineage.
False
Large primate groups are advantageous because they increase the likelihood of early predator detection.
True
All primate communication is autonomic in nature.
False
The film Ghost in Your Genes proved that epigenetic factors that affect an individual's genes are confined to one generation
False
The most important aspect of mtDNA is the fact that it is not subject to mutation.
False
Polygenic traits account for few, if any, of the readily observable phenotypic variation seen in humans.
False
The process of translation during protein synthesis occurs at the ribosomes.
True
In species that form monogamous pairs, males are dominant to females.
False
The variation that exists among individuals within a species is termed interspecific variation.
False
Vertebrate fossils are found as far back as the Paleozoic.
True