The Sculpture of the Great Sphinx Stands as a Symbolic

question 30

Multiple Choice

The sculpture of the Great Sphinx stands as a symbolic guardian of the pyramids at Giza.The ancient Greek definition of a sphinx was a mythological creature whose features were:

• A) the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and the head of a woman
• B) the body of a man and the head of a bull
• C) the body of a horse and the head of a man
• D) the body of a lion and the head and claws of an eagle
• E) the body of a woman, the wings of a bat, and the head of a pig

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Definitions:

Heritable

Traits or characteristics that can be passed from parents to their offspring through genes.

Selection

The process by which certain traits become more or less common in a population due to their impact on the reproductive success of their bearers.

Directional Selection

A form of natural selection in which individuals with traits on one end of the spectrum are more likely to survive and reproduce, leading to an overall shift in the population.

Stabilizing Selection

An evolutionary process that favors the average variants in a population, leading to a decrease in diversity for the trait in question.