Food foragers do not have to work as hard as farmers to survive
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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It has been suggested that in forager societies the more concentrated and predictable the resources, __________
A. the less likely that the group will be egalitarian in nature B. the least amount of reciprocity will occur C. the more pronounced the conceptions of private ownership and exclusive rights to territories D. the more likely it will be that negative reciprocity will occur when individuals meet
The New World monkeys are classified in the infraorder __________
a. Prosimii b. Catarrhinii c. Platyrrhinii d. Pingidae
In understanding the problems with attempts at human racial classification, why is it important to know the difference between genotype and phenotype?
A. The phenotypic traits typically used to classify humans into races go together as genetic units. B. Phenotypic similarities and differences always have a genetic basis. C. Attempts at human racial classification have typically used genotypic traits like blood type as markers of common ancestry, and these traits are passed on from generation to generation in discrete bundles. D. Although phenotypic characteristics may change, the genetic material of populations stays the same for a long time. E. Attempts at human racial classification have typically used phenotypic traits like skin color as markers of common ancestry, but many such traits do not reflect shared genetic material. Instead, they are often the result of different populations biologically adapting to similar environmental stressors in similar ways.
An Archaeological ProblemThe following multiple-choice questions refer to the paragraph below. Base your answers on the information given below, your archaeological knowledge, and common sense.Recent excavations in the Levant have uncovered a small settlement of approximately twenty houses. These structures were circular in shape and had rock-wall foundations. A number of burials were found in a small cemetery adjacent to the settlement. Storage pits and roasting areas for preparing plant foods also were found, but there was no evidence for domesticated plants at the site. Animal bones from deer, gazelle, sheep, and goat were common at the site. The investigators noticed that a high number of young male animals were represented in the sheep bones. This difference was not noted among the
bones of the other species. Other materials from the site included sickle blades, bone tools, charcoal, and grinding slabs.A study of the bones of gazelles, goats, and sheep at Abu Hureyra revealed that: A. only goats were domesticated. B. goats and sheep were domesticated around 7500 B.C. C. wild gazelles were transformed into domesticated goats. D. sheep were domesticated about 1000 years prior to goats. E. (C) and (D) above.