Practice Exam 2

ANT 105

Spring 2010

This practice exam is optional, and does not need to be turned in for credit or bonus credit. The answers will be posted online by Friday, March 19.

Define two of the following four terms and state their importance to anthropology:

1) Mitochondrial DNA

2) Hominid

3) Jargon

4) Foramen magnum

Write a paragraph on one of the following two topics:

5) How can studying great apes help us in anthropology? Can it? Give examples and support your answer.

6) Is bipedalism an adaptation? Be sure to give specific reasons and examples, using our standard method for determining adaptations, and the hominin fossil record.