Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Quiz

Paleontologists study the fossil record of ancestral humans, while paleoanthropologists study extinct organisms

Paleontologists study extinct organisms, while paleoanthropologists focus on ancestral humans and their primate kin (correct)

Paleontologists are only concerned with fossilized remains, while paleoanthropologists study living populations

Paleontologists focus on the fossilization process, while paleoanthropologists study the limitations of the fossil record

The original horizontality of sediment layers

The age and activities of the organism (correct)

The limitations and biases of the fossil record

The geological principles influencing its fossilization

Only a few individuals of a living population are fossilized

Only a few fossilized individuals are found (correct)

All fossilized individuals are found

All individuals of a living population are fossilized

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