What is the term for the stone tool technology most often associated with the Neandertals that extended across Europe and North Africa, into the former Soviet Union, Israel, Iran, central Asia and possibly China?
a. Mousterian
b. Middle Paleolithic
c. Early Paleolithic
d. Denisovian
e. Oldowan
a
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Campbell and Loy suggest that early hominids were living where multiple ________ meet and were exploiting a ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Indigenous knowledge
a. has provided little for modern civilizations. b. has been adapted from muscle relaxants in plants to pain relievers in tree bark to form aspirin. c. has virtually destroyed the endeavors of modern medicine. d. is only useful for indigenous peoples.
According to the family disruption theory, mating within the nuclear family would do all of the following EXCEPT _____
a. disrupt the family’s function as a unit of economic cooperation b. disrupt the family’s function as a unit of socialization c. create role ambiguity d. create competition between families e. create intense jealousies within the nuclear family
New international conditions have created problems and opportunities for anthropologists working in the field. What are some of the challenges that J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat associates with doing "ethnography of violence"?
a. There is often unstable political organization, difficult and dangerous physical conditions, and difficulties in making ethical decisions. b. Informants do not want to work with the anthropologist because of lack of anonymity and the anthropologist cannot live in a central location. c. Social conditions are difficult, the anthropologist faces challenges in breaking local laws, and newspapers will not publish personal interest stories. d. It is difficult to study violence because it is infrequent and cannot be controlled. Also, the anthropologist frequently cannot get official permission to work in areas of violence. e. Violence is a cultural concept and anthropologists find it difficult to define this term. The "ethnography of violence," according to Kovats-Bernat, is an ethnocentric concept.