Average Frontation Angle for Five Species, by Family, Habitat, and Preferred Substrate

Species	Family	Habitat	Preferred substrate	Frontation angle (°)
Vulpes lagopus	Canidae	open	terrestrial	54.89
Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	closed	arboreal	56.51
Lynx lynx	Felidae	closed	terrestrial	65.67
Leptailurus serval	Felidae	open	terrestrial	65.80
Leopardus wiedii	Felidae	closed	arboreal	67.61

By examining trait distributions across phylogenetic lineages, evolutionary biologists can determine whether trait similarities result from shared ancestry, leading to consistent presence of the trait among closely related species, or from convergent evolution under similar selective pressures, leading to the independent appearance of the trait in more distantly related species occupying similar ecological niches. Hypothesizing that orbit (eye socket) orientation in the families Canidae and Felidae (both within the order Carnivora) is primarily driven by the latter mechanism, a researcher measured frontation angles—the extent to which orbits face downward or upward—in felid and canid species occupying various habitats and preferring different substrates.
Assuming the data in the table are broadly representative, do the data support the researcher's hypothesis as presented in the text?

To appreciate what scholars believe to be the allegorical intent of Hokusai’s 19th-century painting ______ to embody the influence perspective has on one's view of the natural world—a viewer must become familiar with the painting’s symbolic elements.
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To address Sumitava Mukherjee et al.’s contention that low financial stakes reduce loss aversion—the tendency for losses to be felt more acutely than equivalent gains are—and thus test a concept that has informed research in fields ranging from behavioral economics to transportation studies, Kellen Mrvka et al. conducted a study in which some participants were presented with scenarios involving ______ amounts of money.
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Using data from Argentina and nineteen other countries, Filazzola et al. compared sites where livestock grazing is active with sites where it has been eliminated. They found that wild-animal abundance positively correlated with duration of grazer exclusion, indicating that following the removal of livestock (e.g., cattle), one adverse effect on co-occurring animal species imposed by grazing livestock may ______ over time.
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The Heege Manuscript (HM) consists of various texts copied by Richard Heege at his home in fifteenth-century England. Most contemporary collections like the HM consist of pieces for polite society like genteel romances and other readings favored by elites; in contrast, the HM reflects a strong ______ toward popular entertainments (such as parody romances) and practicalities (like advice about religion).
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