How does the act of eating reflect Kwakwaka'wakw views of the relationship between birth, life, and death?
A) ?Through acts of ritual cannibalism.
B) ?Through the transfer of souls from deceased people to salmon and thence to babies.
C) ?Through the ritual destruction of the bodies of deceased people.
D) ?Through special meals prepared at funerals and at births.
B
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A. Art is something that is created, with imagination, that expresses important ideas or feelings. B. Art is the quality, production, expression, or realm of what is beautiful or of more than ordinary significance. C. Art is the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria. D. Art is the creative expression of culture through the visual arts, literature, music, theater arts, and other methods. E. Art is in a cultural sphere separate from politics and religion.
Female primates:
a. have the same nutritional requirements as males. b. are the same size as males. c. spend almost one-half of their lives pregnant or lactating. d. use the same strategies as males for avoiding predators. e. assume most of the responsibility for infant care.
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Identify a characteristic of Australopithecus africanus?
A. large incisors and canines B. a slightly divergent and mobile big toe C. legs that were longer than arms D. the absence of a curve in the vertebral column