The subfamily Homininae includes the:
A. chimpanzee
B. bonobo
C. human
D. all of these
D. all of these
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Which of the following statements is true of Arembepe, Brazil?
A. Kottak is the only anthropologist to have studied it. B. Over time, it has become more and more isolated from the rest of the world. C. It is an area of multiple research projects conducted by many anthropologists from different countries. D. Only Americans are interested in studying Arembepe. E. The villagers were mobile foragers when Kottak first visited
The problem with the kinds of definitions of racial groups devised by 18th century Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus is that, besides being ethnocentric: a. they confuse biological traits with cultural characteristics. b. they do not include all of the traits by which these races are distinguished. c. they are not scientific enough? that is, they do not include the frequencies with which
these characteristicsoccur in the population. d. they argue that certain groups are superior to others because of their geographical location. e. they include too many categories to be functionally useful.
There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that nearly all cultures ban incest. However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is
A. that isolated social groups are better at survival. B. a genetically programmed instinctive horror. C. a widespread and well-founded fear of biological degeneration. D. that following rules of exogamy is adaptively advantageous. E. a genetically determined attraction for those most different from us.