Describe the debate over the high extinction rate of large mammals at the close of the Pleistocene.

What will be an ideal response?


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Which of the following statements about the so-called "black skull" is FALSE?

A. The skull shows evidence of cold-weather adaptations. B. Some scientists assign the black skull its own species, Paranthropus aethiopicus. C. The skull combines relatively small overall size with large chewing dentition. D. The skull has a sagittal crest. E. Some scientists categorize the skull as belonging to a very early hyperrobust Paranthropus boisei.

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Studies investigating differences in the way men and women talk are examples of sociolinguistics.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Parallel-cousin marriage involves:

A) children whose parents are first cousins. B) children whose parents are related by marriage. C) children who are third cousins. D) children of the parents' opposite-sex siblings. E) children of the parents' same-sex siblings.

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The Levallois technique is:

A. a tool tradition associated with Homo habilis. B. the early French style of cave painting. C. a method of getting bone marrow from mammoths. D. a method of producing flakes from prepared cores.

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