Describe the use of surveys in anthropological fieldwork

What will be an ideal response?


Fieldworkers use survey instruments such as censuses and formal questionnaires to gather information from a lot of individuals or families very quickly.

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Today, paleoanthropologists have determined that A. africanus is not a hominin because it:

A. does not have an enlarged brain case, like the Piltdown skull B. is quadrupedal C. possessed a sagittal crest D. none of these; A. africanus is indeed a hominin

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All of the following are members of the Cercopithecoidea except:

A. gibbons B. baboons C. langurs D. macaques

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Aesthetic conventions are __________

a. biological b. cultural c. universal d. apply only to paintings

Anthropology & Archaeology

Lemurs and lorises are placed in the suborder Strepsirrhini

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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