Which of the Following Is an Example of Human Evolutionary

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of human evolutionary ecology?

• A) studying human behaviors as the result of direct evolutionary pressures
• B) charting the relationship between agricultural practices and the evolution of the sickle cell polymorphism
• C) hypothesizing about the cultural abilities of ancient hominins by comparing them to living non-human primates
• D) focusing on the ecological factors that influence present-day hunter-gatherer societies

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Top 10%

A term used to denote the upper 10 percentile of a data set or distribution, representing values higher than 90% of the others.

Hypothesized Population Mean

A specific value that represents the average outcome we propose or expect for a population in hypothesis testing.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the data set deviate from the mean.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure that indicates the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.