A holistic approach to the study of humans means that anthropologists:
a. concentrate only on the social customs of the group under study.
b. study all varieties of people and all aspects of their existence.
c. limit themselves to the study of religious leaders.
d. only study literate societies.
e. focus exclusively on the relationship between people and environment.
b
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Which of the following is the reason that meat is highly valued by Ju/'hoansi people?
a. Meat is a less highly concentrated source of protein than vegetable foods. b. Uncertain success at hunting means that meat is a rarer food than vegetable resources. c. Meat is not shared frequently in the Ju/'hoansi society. d. The Ju/'hoansi prefer the taste of meat to the taste of vegetables.
Which of the following is NOT a factor in the emergence and spread of dangerous infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, Lyme disease, and Zika?
A. modern air travel B. changing settlement patterns C. population increase D. spillovers from humans to wildlife E. commercial expansion
In Morelli’s 1992 study, Mayan parents stressed a desire to __________ in explaining why children continued to sleep with their mothers into the second year
a. be kind to their children b. foster a feeling of interdependence between their children and themselves c. save on the costs of heating rooms at night d. avoid staying awake while nursing children at night
Today ethnicity is increasingly being used as a business enterprise
a. True b. False