Chapter 7 Multiple Choice Questions

Indigenous people and conservation
. The Anthropocene time period covers

. Which type of glands produce the sweat which allows humans to cool down so efficiently when they exercise?

. Which of the following is the strongest candidate for a uniquely human trait?

. Cooking releases nutrients, tenderises meat, makes starch more digestible and greatly increases the energy available to be absorbed in the gut. As a result, we have evolved guts that are shorter than would be expected for a primate of our size by about

. All known hunter-gatherer groups have a belief system involving

. Which mammal was the mainstay of trade between Native Americans and European colonists?

. Rachel Carson's highly influential book from 1962 is titled

. What percentage of large African mammals were killed by early humans in the Pleistocene overkill?

. How much lower was the estimated background extinction rate before humans evolved than after our appearance?

. Which group of people have been the focus of research by Francis and Hilary Gilbert over several decades?

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