Alliance theory argues that incest taboos are universal because:
A) they decrease the amount of genetic harmfulness and reduce the number of weak offspring.
B) they decrease the potential for family conflict and disruption of role relationships.
C) they force people to create wider social bonds that are useful in group survival.
D) all societies have the same rules of exogamy and endogamy.
E) they increase the number of marriageable pairs within a society and allow populations to grow at a higher rate.
C
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a. herbicides used by large corporations as a way of maximizing production b. a rather large variety of insecticides produced in Third World societies c. pesticides made of organic materials which are less harmful on the environment d. a type of agrochemical only used on banana plants e. types of agrochemicals used to protect plants against insects, fungi, and weeds
Anthropologist Susan Kent notes a tendency to stereotype foragers, to treat them as all alike. They used to be stereotyped as isolated, primitive survivors of the Stone Age. Another common, more recent, stereotype of foragers sees them as
A. peaceful individuals in touch with their inner selves. B. culturally deprived people forced by states, colonialism, or world events into marginalized environments. C. ideal humans with the perfect diet and rhythm of life. D. not isolated at all but living in nation-states and in an interlinked world. E. primitive survivors not of the Stone Age but of the Bronze Age.
Neandertals were anatomically different from modern humans
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger. The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called
A. linguistic imagination. B. productivity. C. cultural transmission. D. phonology. E. displacement.