Which of the following is true of most nonhuman primates?

a. Females invest less time and energy in reproduction than do males.
b. Females compete for males.
c. Females do not always mate with whichever male wins competitions.
d. Females carrying fetuses or young infants experience lower mortality rates.


Answer c

Anthropology & Archaeology

You might also like to view...

Which of the following best describes Mendel's Law of Segregation?

a. dominant alleles suppress recessive alleles b. inheritance is governed by discrete particles c. segregating pairs of unit factors assort independently d. chromosomes randomly segregate into sex cells

Anthropology & Archaeology

To say that anthropology is holistic means that anthropologists are particularly interested in:

a. Objects and acts regarded as holy by various peoples. b. The whole personality of any particular individual. c. The integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors in explaining human behavior. d. Studying every culture in the world. e. The efforts to find holes in particular theories.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Which of the following is good advice for those who wish to be more involved with federal agencies as an anthropologist, according to Shirley Fiske?

a. Prepare with training specific to government work. b. Do not get involved in large social networks prior to employment. c. Get widespread field experience prior to anthropological training so that you can work without prejudice. d. Attend all governmental meetings and see what topics are not popular. e. Travel extensively in one area of the United States.

Anthropology & Archaeology

All of the following statements about biomedicine are correct except:

a. biomedicine uses the medical category of “psychosomatic” for some disorders. b. biomedicine is a growing approach in healthcare. c. biomedicine is a completely Western approach to medicine. d. this approach is fundamentally a dualistic mind-body approach to medicine. e. biomedicine has resulted in spectacular successes depending.

Anthropology & Archaeology