This chapter provides an example of human adaptation to high altitude to illustrate the various forms of cultural and biological adaptation. Can you think of another example that illustrates the broad capacity of humans to adapt both biologically and culturally?
What will be an ideal response?
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Parisian theatre companies under Louis XIV were sharing companies in which men played all women’s roles. 2. The Comedie Francaise was the name given to his company by Moliere. 3. After the mid-1670s, there were only three legal theatres in Paris—the Comedie Francaise, for drama; Lully’s company, for ballet and spectacle; and the Italian commedia troupe for “comic opera.”
Tsetsele Fantan, from the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership, identifies all of the following as major reasons for the spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana EXCEPT __________
a. the social/cultural context b. sexual subordination of women c. economic subordination of women d. the biology of females
Persons with Turner syndrome:
A. are phenotypically male B. have a shield-shaped chest C. are taller than average D. all of these
Passive bilingualism is when someone comprehends more than one language but is only able to express him/herself in one of them
a. True b. False