Review all the terms that have been mentioned in class and highlighted in the readings. You will not be asked to define these terms on the exam, but you will be expected to understand them when used in the context of a question, and to use them appropriately and explain what they mean in the short answer questions. Review the scholarly contributions of particular scholars that we have talked about. Here are some examples of the types of topics you will be asked about. The cause of death is species-specific.
Some individuals live longer and have more offspring than other members of their same species.
There is generally no difference in age at death within a species. It demonstrated that modern scientists are smarter and more ethical than scientists earlier in the century. It illustrated the shared similarities of humans and orangutans. It proved that fossils can never be used to reconstruct evolutionary relationships. It demonstrated why phenotypic traits are an ambiguous measure of inheritance.