List of top Anthropology Questions on Paleoanthropology

Which of the following conditions make 'Mean' misrepresentative of data ?
• [A.] Presence of outlier in the data
• [B.] Ordinal variable
• [C.] Bell shaped data distribution
• [D.] Skewed data
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What will be the median of the given data of weight (in kg) ? \[ 70,\; 54,\; 45,\; 50,\; 68,\; 47,\; 75,\; 56,\; 55,\; 60,\; 72,\; 68,\; 66,\; 59,\; 57,\; 48 \]

Which of the following statements are not correct ?
• [A.] Each DNA strand could act as a template for production of new complementary strand
• [B.] Change in one or more base pairs do not alter the encoded information
• [C.] Replication is the process of protein synthesis
• [D.] The sugar molecule in RNA is deoxyribose
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Which of the following is the first known hominin?
• Australopithecus afarensis
• Homo habilis
• Ramapithecus sivalensis
• Ardipithecus ramidus

Which of the following species are included among gracile australopithecines?
A. A. africanus
B. A. boisei
C. A. afarensis
D. A. anamensis
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Arrange the following in chronological order of their year of discovery:
A. Australopithecus boisei
B. Australopithecus africanus
C. Australopithecus robustus
D. Cro-Magnon
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