Question: Homeostasis may be studied indirectly by:

Answer: observing living populations as they engage in various activities in various settings.

Question: The maintenance of homeostasis:

Answer: is a key feature of most levels of any organism’s biology.

Question: Relative to people with a history of living in temperate climates, the Inuit and other cold-adapted populations:

Answer: have short limbs and large bodies.

Question: Although Allen’s and Bergmann’s rules often explain body shape and morphology, we occasionally see variations from the correct patterns. This sometimes indicates that:

Answer: the association between body shape and morphology does respond to environmental stressors.

Question: Dark skin (a result of increased melanin production in equatorial peoples) is likely a response to ultraviolet radiation, because UV radiation can cause:

Answer: skin cancer.

Question: Primates have long growth and development periods because:

Answer: they have higher intelligence and larger brains relative to other animals.

Question: Among all primates humans have the:

Answer: most elaborate connections between different regions of the brain.

Question: Primate females:

Answer: give birth to fewer offspring than do many other mammals.

Question: The rhinarium is present in

Answer: ring-tail lemurs.

Question: The cladistic primate classification includes:

Answer: strepsirhines and haplorhines.