Which Statement Provides the Best Example of a Core Belief

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which statement provides the best example of a core belief of ethology evolutionary theory?

• A) Human children, regardless of their environment, have the unique ability to learn language early in life without any specific instruction from adults.
• B) Evolution has produced genes that cause humans to form emotional relationships like bonding that facilitate survival.
• C) Traits like intelligence, shyness, and aggressiveness are directly transmitted through heredity.
• D) Evolution has provided humans with genetic programming that helps us cooperate and survive in groups.

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Definitions:

Intensive Crop Cultivation

A farming practice that aims to maximize agricultural output from a given piece of land through the use of technologies, pesticides, and fertilizers.

Plows

Agricultural tools used for turning over the soil, typically to prepare it for planting crops by cutting, lifting, and overturning it.

Fertilizers

Substances added to soil to improve its fertility by supplying essential nutrients to plants, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compounds.

Digging Sticks

Simple tools used since ancient times for breaking the ground for planting seeds or for digging up roots and tubers.