Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the one that is most nearly the same in meaning to the keyword.

Atavism

  1. science of map making

  2. a birth defect

  3. reappearance of genetic feature

  4. something that recurs
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Atavism refers to the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. It is a biological term related to evolutionary reversion.

Keep practicing — related questions