Which subfield of biological anthropology applies methods of skeletal analysis to study humans in a legal context?

a.) Human biology
b.) Forensic anthropology
c.) Primatology
d.) Paleoanthropology


b.) Forensic anthropology

Anthropology & Archaeology

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Prepare an outline of primate taxonomy. Briefly describe the characteristics of each taxon.

What will be an ideal response?

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Among the anthropoids, hominoids are characterized by

A) having long tails, narrow chests, and complex brains B) lacking tails and having short backs and Y-5 molars C) lacking tails, having reduced canine teeth, and an having unfused mandible D) lacking tails and having long backs and 3-cusped molars E) having dorsal shoulder blades, broad chests, and a lower brain-to-body ratio than other primates

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Proplipithecids had the dental formula of the Aegyptopithecus

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Anthropology & Archaeology

Food-foraging societies are egalitarian because:

a. humans, in their natural state, like to share. b. it is unnatural for some people to be richer than others. c. their mobility and type of technology limits the accumulation of surplus possessions. d. they are constantly threatened by starvation. e. their king told them to be that way.

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