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EEB FINAL
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
04/27/2011

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Term
Helps the individual, but not the group.
Definition
Evolution of deer antlers is an example of PD because?
Term
relative performance
Definition
Individual and group interests conflict when rewards to individuals depend on ____
Term
1) Kin selection
2) Selection in favor of reciprocal altruism
Definition
Favored by Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene" _____ and _____ are the two reasons why humans cooperate.
Term
group selection
Definition
The main mechanism of evolution of cooperation favored by David Sloan Wilson is _____
Term
Nuer and Dinka
Definition
____ and _____ were the two ethnic groups living in Southern Sudan used to illustrate group selection
Term
22 cows
Definition
Minimum bride-wealth for the Nuer is _____
Term
Nothing
Definition
Minimum bride-wealth for the Dinka is _____
Term
segementary
Definition
Political organization for the Nuer is ____
Term
territorial
Definition
Political organization for the Dinka is ______
Term
10,000
Definition
The Nuer population size is about _____ people
Term
3,000
Definition
The population size of the Dinka is _____ people
Term
Nuer
Definition
The (Nuer/Dinka) were more successful in inter-tribal warefare because their armies and population were larger
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#fact
Definition
#fact: Group Selection satisfies Darwin's postulates because groups compete, groups vary in their ability to survive and reproduce, and this behavior is inheritable.
Term
selfishness; altruism
Definition
Within group selection, ____ beats ____
Term
altruism; selfishness
Definition
In between-group selection _____ beats _____
Term
within-group selection
Definition
In addition to between group selection, ______ in order to make the variation between groups more distinct and therefore allowing group selection to take place
Term
George R. Price
Definition
_____ was the author of the most influential equation in multilevel selection theory
Term
warfare
Definition
____ is the most important selective force among factors favoring group selection in humans
Term
peaceful
Definition
early humans were (peaceful/warlike)
Term
do not
Definition
The majority of humans (do/do not) enjoy killing
Term
dehumanization of the enemy
Definition
____ is one military training strategy to overcome human reluctance to kill
Term
1) competition of scarce resources
2) strategic calculations (revenge)
Definition
Two proximate mechanisms for explaining warfare are ____ and ____
Term
pacifist groups eliminated by warlike groups
Definition
The ultimate cause of war is ___________
Term
hunting big game
Definition
A possible preadaptation for warfare by the people in the Pleistocene Steppe Biome was ______
Term
1) leveling mechanisms (monogamy and sharing of high value resources)
2) inequity aversion
Definition
Factors reducing within-group variance in fitness are _____ and _____
Term
#fact
Definition
#fact According to Boehm egalitarianism involved a very special type of heirarchy, a curious type that is based on anti-hierarchal feelings . The rank and file band together to deliberately dominate potential "upstarts" if they wish to remain equal
Term
imitating
Definition
______ reduces effort and risk and will yield good information if environment changes slowly
Term
imitation + individuals making small adjusments
Definition
The best combination of imitation is ____ and _____
Term
within-group
Definition
Imitation reduces _____ variance and promotes group selection
Term
within; between
Definition
Information is more shared ____ groups than _____ groups
Term
20
Definition
There are more than ____ types of ancestors in our human evolutionary tree
Term
300,000-400,000
Definition
Neanderthals lived in Europe for about _____ to ______ years
Term
25,000
Definition
Approx. _____ years ago, all Neanderthals disappeared
Term
humans moving into Europe and taking over
Definition
Neanderthal extinction hypotheses are centered around this thought:
Term
Neanderthal; Human
Definition
_____ spears were hand-held and blunt where as _____ spears were sharp and meant for long range
Term
shellfish/seafood
Definition
At Pinnacle Point ate mostly ______ rather than the usual meat
Term
rib
Definition
Shanidar 3 died of a ____ wound, and the wound could have only been inflicted by us.
Term
do
Definition
Chimps (do/do not) wage war
Term
territory
Definition
By winning the war, chimps gained ______ for feeding and for females, and avoided being hunted.
Term
imitation
Definition
selection favors _____ when learning is costly and environments change slowly
Term
decrease
Definition
In the Public Goods Game without punishment, people (increase/decrease) their amount as each round goes on
Term
increase
Definition
In the Public Goods Game with punishment, people (increase/decrease) their amount as each round goes on in order to not get punished
Term
Reciprocity
Definition
_____ means that defectors are punished by refusal to cooperate.
Term
cannot
Definition
Cooperation in large groups (can/cannot) be stabilized by reciprocity
Term
can
Definition
Direct punishment, the allowment of sanctioning defectors (can/cannot) support cooperation in large groups
Term
cooperation
Definition
Punishment is seen as a form of _____ because costly to the individual, but beneficial to the group
Term
proximate
Definition
"it feels good to punish in order to uphold equity and promote cooperation" (grim satisfaction) is a ______ cause of punishment
Term
Ultimate
Definition
"Group selection favors moralistic punishers, selection against punishers may be weak when defectors are rare, weak conformism may stabilize punishment" are all ______ causes of punishment
Term
offer nothing, but accept anything more than nothing
Definition
In the Ultimatum Game, a rational agent should:
Term
None
Definition
In how many societies in MacArthur's project was the mean offer the smallest possible?
Term
Machinguegna
Definition
The ________ are almost entirely economically self-sufficient at the family level
Term
15-25
Definition
In the UG, the typical offer made by the Machiguenga was around ____ to ____ %
Term
20
Definition
In the UG, the smallest amount accepted by the Machiguenga was ____ %
Term
Lamalera
Definition
The ______ had very cooperative economic activity
Term
50
Definition
In the UG, the typical offer of a Lamalera was _____ %
Term
50
Definition
In the UG, the smallest amount accepted by the Lamalera was _____ %
Term
increased; decreased
Definition
Egalitarianism (increased/decreased) from ape-like societies to simple societies and then (increased/decreased) again from simple to complex societies
Term
#fact
Definition
#fact The hypotheses for the evolution of larger brains is that new environment factors favors genetic adaptations of novel psychological adaptations
Term
increases;increases
Definition
In monkeys as group size (increases/decreases) brain size (increases/decreases)
Term
c. 150
Definition
By extrapolating the fitted lines we predict that the size of the human group is _____
Term
Level 2(Minimal Theory of Mind)
Definition
_____ is the level of intentionality that characterizes nonhuman primates
Term
4
Definition
Level __ of intentionality expresses humans
Term
white sclera
Definition
Tomasello et al. (2007) hypothesized that humans’ ______ ______ evolved to improve mutualistic cooperative and communicative interactions, such as joint attention and pointing
Term
grooming
Definition
According to Dunbar, human gossip is equivalent to _____ in great apes
Term
#fact
Definition
#fact The scale was up to tens/hundreds of million people
Term
Dunbar Number (150)
Definition
The ____ ____ is the maximal size of the group within which humans can maintain face-to-face cooperation
Term
1) symbolically marked groups
2) hierarchic organization
Definition
Two chief adaptations that allowed for evolution to break through the threshhold imposed by face-to-face interactions are:
Term
symbol
Definition
A _____ is an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention
Term
symbols
Definition
Ethnic groups are democrated through the use of _____
Term
Bushmen; potentially dangerous
Definition
when shown unfamiliar arrow points, ____ guessed that their makers were very different people and, therefore, ______ ______
Term
a binary relationship
Definition
_____ is an elementary building block for construction of hierarchal social networks

ex. chiefly village --> subordinate village --> so on
Term
it allows to increase group size without increasing social channel capacity
Definition
Hierarchal organization allows for building social networks of potentially unlimited size because:
Term
downside of hierarchical social organization
Definition
this inevitably leads to in-egalitarian societies:
Term
3-5 ; 12-20
Definition
typical size of support cliques is __ to __ and the typical size of sympathy groups are ___ to ___
Term
Metaethnic
Definition
the largest scale (super-national) grouping of people is known as a _____ group
Term
Metaethnic
Definition
The Iberian/Muslim Christian frontier and Mediterranean/"barbarian Celts" are exampls of _____ frontiers
Term
drought
Definition
a _____ was the event that triggered conflict between farmers and pastoralists in Darfur
Term
nomads and farmers
Definition
The two groups that live in contact in Steppe Fontiers are _____ and _____
Term
high
Definition
Between-group variation is (high/low) on Steppe frontiers
Term
1) they need to defend their flocks from predators
2) they have good riding and archery skills
3) they have the advantage of mobility
Definition
3 reasons nomads are better warriors than farmers
Term
there is a large cultural difference between groups, which facilitates dehumanization of the enemy
Definition
Conflict on Steppe frontiers is particularly intense because:
Term
East Asia
Definition
the ____ region had the longest history of imperial formation
Term
North West
Definition
China was most frequently unified from the ____ direction
Term
North West
Definition
The Indian subcontinent was most frequently unified from the ____ direction
Term
Illinois
Definition
The most complex precolumbian society in the US was ____
Term
Social capital
Definition
Social trusts, norms, and networks that people can draw upon to solve common problems
Term
ALexander De Tocqueville
Definition
_____ described America as a highly cooperative society, with exceptional ability for voluntary association
Term
Moral Relativism
Definition
The polar opposite of ethnocentrism is ______
Term
Washington
Definition
The ____ Consensus had free markets, free trade and globalization, minimal role for the state, and democracy as the best political system
Term
Beijing
Definition
The ____ Consensus had government guided economic development and political stability
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