"(It) Is Not a Place or a Habitat, or Even

question 18

Multiple Choice

"(It) is not a place or a habitat, or even a time period. It is a statistical composite of the adaptation-relevant properties of ancestral environments encountered by members of ancestral populations, weighted by their frequency and fitness-consequences." What is being referred to here?

• A) The Great Chain of being
• B) The Upper Pleistocene
• C) The stone age
• D) The EEA

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation for an observation or phenomenon, set forth as a basis for further investigation.

Experiment

A study of causal relationships in which the researcher manipulates an independent variable to examine its effect on a dependent variable.

Meta-analysis

A statistical technique used to combine the results of multiple studies on a specific topic to derive a comprehensive understanding of the research area.

Statistical Test

A mathematical procedure used to determine if there is a significant difference between two or more groups or variables.