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1
Q

Soft spot in aiding in delivery of an infant

A

Fontanelle

2
Q

Women have more of this than men to have enough calories to sustain a pregnancy and breastfeeding

A

Fat

3
Q

Which “rule” states that limbs/appendages of people from cold climates will have less surface area relative to mass

A

Allen’s Rule

4
Q

During the first 2.5 years of life a child’s brain size:

A

triples

5
Q

The tallest population in the world

A

Dutch

6
Q

Vitamin D deficiency can result in this condition

A

Rickets

7
Q

The year in kids that the first permanent molar erupts

A

Six

8
Q

A response to heat that allows blood to stay close to the skin surface to cool off

A

Vasodilation

9
Q

Genes found in Jamaicans but also in many other ancestral groups

A

ATCN3

10
Q

Consumed frequently in Japan, may negatively influence Americans today with ancestry in Africa

A

Salt

11
Q

There are 206 of these in most adults

A

Bones

12
Q

The name of the defect in the teeth that can be associated with the transition from foraging to agriculture that indicates the stress

A

Hypoplasia

13
Q

The law that states that there is a direct relationship between physical activity and bone density

A

Wolff’s Law

14
Q

UV can cause skin cancer if we don’t have enough melanin but it may also deplete us of what?

A

Folate

15
Q

Did the initial change from foraging to agriculturalism result in an increase or decrease in height?

A

Decrease

16
Q

Micro evolutionary force which could result in genes founding a population or genes leaving a population

A

Drift

17
Q

One response to cold that helps raise our core temperature

A

Shivering

18
Q

The end of a growing bone that eventually fuses to the shaft

A

Epiphysis

19
Q

The cells that help produce bone when we cycle, weight light, and run to grab coffee at the cafeteria

A

Osteoblasts

20
Q

The deadliest city in the most crime-ridden state of the United States

A

Miami

21
Q

Human brain growth is completed by what age?

A

Six

22
Q

Monkey’s have an easier time giving birth than humans do:

A

because monkey’s can assist with their own birth

23
Q

During periods of activity such as walking to class or a fun run, which cells are responsible for bone production

A

Osteoblasts

24
Q

In the article “Tall and Short of It”, studies on height reveal that:

A

improving the diet and health of Mayan refugees led them to having taller children

25
Q

What has contributed to the running success of Kenyans?

A

cattle raiding

26
Q

As described in “Tall and Short of It”, plasticity refers to the ability of an organism to -

A

change in response to the environment

27
Q

Humans have traits which are concordant- for example, if they are tall, they also tend to have dark skin

A

False

28
Q

In a cool, overcast environment which of the following individuals would be more likely to get rickets?

A

Dark-skinned

29
Q

What is this caused from (rickets)?

A

Insufficient amounts of Vitamin D

30
Q

What does an albino person lack?

A

Melanin

31
Q

How would these kids acclimatize to their environment? (cold environment)

A

Vasoconstrict