The tendency of people living in the Peruvian Andes to develop a voluminous chest and lungs for life at very high altitudes is an example of a(n)
A. genetic adaptation.
B. long-term physiological adaptation.
C. short-term physiological adaptation.
D. cultural adaptation.
E. archaeological adaptation.
A
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The processes by which immigrants maintain social, economic, religious, and political ties to both their immigrant communities and their communities back home
a. pan-ethnicity b. sectarianism c. transnationalism d. dual citizenship
Frequent nursing of children over as many as 4 or 5 years acts to stimulate ovulation among food foragers such as Bushman. As a consequence, women give birth to more offspring at shorter intervals
a. True b. False
What is the official language of India?
A English B Malayalam C Hindi D Kannada E Punjab
Which statement about the Zuni (New Mexico) kinship system is true? a. They have a bilateral kinship system. b. Zuni men are divided between serving the economic interests of their wives and the ceremonial needs oftheir sisters and mothers
c. Inheritance is traced through fathers. d. They practice patrilocal residence. e. Wives are viewed as strangers or outsiders within the extended family.