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Per your textbook, this movement was founded as a social science study to improve “fitness” and “superiority” among the population. Proponents also many times advocated sterilizing the unfit members of society.   One word.

This is the current world population:

In order for the incest taboo (aversion) to form, children must live together before what age (write in as a number, do not spell)?

Per the U.S. Census Bureau, the “White” racial category includes people that can trace their origins to Europe, Middle East and North _____.  One word.

Which prevailing idea at the time did Mendel’s pea plant experiments show to be false?

On average, how tall and large was Lucy’s species according to the film clip and textbook?

The “mystery person” from the race section is from which area?

Instead of a crest, H. erectus, H. naledi and other fossil species had a ____________, which is a rounded ridge along the top part of the cranium that may have helped anchor chewing muscles.  Two words.

The   ________ , is the space between the teeth that can allow the larger canines to fit in some primates. It is seen in apes, but not hominins.  One word.

This individual established the science of biological classification (taxonomy) and developed the use of binomial nomenclature.