For chimpanzees, gestures, facial expressions, and postures are more important for communication than vocalization
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Behaviors associated with sports fandom could be considered secular rituals
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
What clearly distinguishes the position of humans in the ecosystems they occupy is
A) the extremely wide breadth of the human niche. B) the human niche, which is narrower than that other species. C) human technological expertise, which allows humans to use resources in many ways. D) that human adaptations restore equilibrium to the ecosystem. E) A and C.
Which of the following is NOT one of the fields of study mentioned in the chapter as part of the multidisciplinary approaches used in biological anthropology and archaeology?
A. remote sensing B. metaphysics C. genetics D. paleontology E. palynology
Radcliffe-Brown advocated social anthropology as a synchronic rather than a diachronic science-that is, a study
A. of societies as made up of individuals, not as a sum greater than its parts. B. of culture in motion (synchronic) rather than as a static entity (diachronic). C. of societies across time (synchronic) rather than across space (diachronic). D. of societies as they exist today (synchronic, one at a time) rather than across time (diachronic). E. that compares cultural traits within the same society and not across societies.