The historic Maasai subsistence strategy takes account of the fact that in some years there will be drought
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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The evidence of studies of living apes suggest that
A) an animal can be a quadruped and an occasional tool user B) the australopithecines must have been bipeds because it has been shown they were tool users C) tool use leads to habitual bipedalism D) the australopithecines must have been tool users because it has been that they were bipedal E) an animal can be a quadruped and a full time tool user
All of the following are proper roles for applied anthropologists EXCEPT
A. identifying the needs for change that local people perceive. B. working with people to design culturally appropriate and socially sensitive change. C. placing the cultural values of local people above all others' cultural values. D. protecting local people from harmful policies and projects that might threaten them. E. working as participant observers, taking part in the events they study in order to understand local thought and behavior.
A long postpartum sex taboo is most likely to occur in societies __________
A) where people depend on crops that are low in protein B) with a high proportion of monogamous marriages C) where there are more males than females D) that practice polyandrous marriage
According to Fish in "Mixed Blood," the terms moreno, loura, branca, and preta all refer to
a. areas of Brazil after which groups of people are named. b. Brazilian names for different tipos (types). c. areas of Brazil from which particular tipos are thought to have originated. d. a folk taxonomy of skin colors starting with black and ending with white.