The incest taboo is possibly the closest thing anthropologists have found to a true "cultural universal," because some form of the taboo exists in all known societies
Why is this so important to people cross-culturally? Explain the various theories for the existence of a worldwide incest taboo.
The ideal answer should include:
1, Note cultural variation in determining who is a close relative and who is not
2, Define and discuss social theories: the childhood-familiarity theory, the psychoanalytic theory, the family-disruption theory, and the cooperation theory
3, Define and discuss biological theories: the inbreeding theory
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According to Thomas and Kelly, cultural biases that affect the way that archaeologists investigate the world:
a. Can be overcome, leading to an understanding of the past that continually improves over time. b. Are insurmountable, meaning that we can never know whether our understanding of the past is improving through time. c. Do not exist; they are simply a construction of postmodernists used to undermine the authority of processual archaeology. d. Exist, but are never a problem when explicit scientific methods are employed to investigate prehistory. e. Are useful in science because they enable discussions among scientists.
Practice theory
A. focuses on how individuals, through their actions and practices, influence and transform the world they live in. B. was popularized by Margaret Mead in the 1940s. C. is the only theoretical paradigm to effectively solve the "culture-individual" problem. D. actually shares the same deterministic assumptions of earlier theoretical paradigms. E. explains social phenomena only in nonindustrial societies.
There are 22 amino acids. How many of these must be obtained from the food we eat because they are not synthesized in the body in sufficient amounts?
a. ?1 b. ?10 c. ?9 d. ?22 e. ?3
Acts of vengeance among the Kohistani may also be committed against family and friends of the man who committed the wrong
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.