The discovery of Neandertals at Spy, Belgium, in 1886
A) came at a time when people were beginning to think more seriously about human evolution
B) caused scientists to rethink Virchow's claim that the Neandertals were diseased modern humans
C) served as model for the physical appearance of the Neandertals
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
D
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A) Health is thought to be the absence of disease. B) Health is an abstract concept that cannot be measured. C) Doctors are more concerned with longevity than with feeling well. D) Health is an idea borrowed from Eastern cultures.
Which of the following has the highest degree of labor specialization?
a. Pastoralism b. Horticulture c. Intensive agriculture d. Foraging e. Swidden agriculture
An anthropological understanding of ethnicity and race requires exploring how people and institutions define, negotiate, and even challenge their identities in society. One way anthropologists—and social scientists in general—do this is by studying status, which refers to
A. a mutually exclusive social identity that is set by others and has little to do with an individual's actions. B. any position, no matter what its prestige, that someone occupies in society. C. a biologically determined identity within a hierarchical society. D. a socially negotiated identity that always changes throughout a person's lifetime. E. an identity determined by the state through census practices.
A nation refers to a group of people who frequently share all of the following EXCEPT:
a. kinship. b. symbolic identity. c. culture. d. history. e. religion.