You Are Studying How Tools Have Evolved Through Cultural Evolution

question 29

Multiple Choice

You are studying how tools have evolved through cultural evolution. You find several instances where groups with very different technologies meet and there is a transfer of technology from one group to the other. This is analogous to what process in biological evolution?

• A) genetic drift
• B) natural selection
• C) Mendelian inheritance
• D) horizontal gene transfer

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Definitions:

Demand

The quantity of a particular good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time.

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the quantity of goods that producers are willing to sell and the price of those goods.

Relatively Elastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied of a good or service changes significantly in response to a change in price.