The !Kung hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert in Africa live in small, nomadic groups and own few material possessions. Anthropologists refer to these cultural traits as __________ that help them survive in their social and physical environment
A) adaptive customs
B) maladaptive customs
C) assimilations
D) backward traits
A
Anthropology & Archaeology
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a. a subset of a larger population becomes isolated b. a negative mutation is allowed to reproduce c. a large population comes into contact with a smaller population d. several gene pools blend together forming a new, larger gene pool
Anthropology & Archaeology
The brain of Homo erectus was about ________ the size of modern humans
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A Miocene ape who may be ancestor of the orangutan is called ________
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Anthropology & Archaeology
Living hominids are distinguished from apes in their dentition by having a(n) ________ canine
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Anthropology & Archaeology