What is the anthropological subfield that studies human language called?
a. Historic archaeology
b. Anthropological linguistics
c. Forensic
d. Ethnology
b
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Descent from a common ancestor through males only is called
a. patrilineal descent. b. matrilineal descent. c. bilateral descent. d. endogamy.
Anthropologists studying inequality are interested in how culturally valued material and social rewards are unevenly distributed. Cross-culturally, these rewards
a. vary in form from one society to another. b. generally fall into one of three basic categories. c. are valued to varying degrees within different societies. d. All of these are true of material and social rewards.
The person responsible for popularizing eugenics among nineteenth-century Europeans was
a. Charles Darwin. b. Georges Cuvier. c. Charles Lyell. d. Francis Galton. e. Thomas Jefferson.
Name the two main groups of anthropoid primates found in the early Fayum deposits, and describe two characteristics of each. Also, name which of the groups is believed to be linked to modern monkeys and apes and why.
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