Which statement about biology and culture is most correct?
A) Human biology and culture both shape and are shaped by each other.
B) Human culture is a product of biology.
C) Human biology is not related to human culture.
D) Human biology and culture affect each other during times of evolutionary transition.
E) Human biology is a product of human culture.
A
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Which of the following types of nonverbal communication appears to be culturally universal?
A) facial expressions B) the distance between two speakers C) movement of the hands while speaking D) amount of eye contact
Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists
A. work only for nonhuman primates, because genus Homo had culture. B. have caused a re-evaluation of the fossil record since their 1991 development. C. can only be used to date inorganic materials that are more than 1 million years old. D. do not work well for hominin fossils, because such fossils are too young for the effective range of the techniques. E. establish a probable date for fossils by calculating radioactive decay in the specimen found or the rocks surrounding it.
By assuming that the treatment of people in death reflects their status and roles in life, the data from more than 3000 burials at Moundville indicates that
a. Moundville society was egalitarian. b. Moundville society was ranked, most likely a chiefdom. c. house structures as well as burials were unrelated to the status of people at Moundville. d. Moundville society was matrilineal; females were buried with many more grave goods than males. e. Moundville males were more brutish than females.
All of the following are strong challenges that nation-states face from increasing globalization except:
a. Rise of multinational corporations that cut across nation-state lines. b. Rise of global governing organizations, such as United Nations, which takes away their autonomy. c. Increasingly international workforce both in and outside of the nation-state. d. Rise of global forces integrating the world at a level beyond that of the nation-state. e. Employees that are transnationals.