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What biological and cultural characteristics do we associate specifically with anatomically modern humans?
 
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Although culture often acts like an umbrella to protect genes from the selective pressures of the environment, it also brings about its own selective pressures. For example, in populations with cultural practices in which fresh milk is an important part of the diet, the gene for the enzyme lactase:
 
  a. is absent.
  b. has a very low frequency.
  c. has a very high frequency.
  d. is linked with the gene for skin color.
  e. has no adaptive advantage.



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Answer to Question 1

Relative to the fossil record, they have higher foreheads, smoother brow ridges, more distinct chins, and an explosion of cultural development.

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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
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