The origin of bipedality (two-footedness) in humans is something that an anthropologist interested in cultural ecology would study

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


F

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How has Lewis-Williams explained the cave paintings at Lascaux?

a. The paintings represented totems, from which lineages or clans believed themselves to be descended. b. The paintings were left by hunters seeking to mark the territory as their own, and provided a sign to other hunters that they were not welcome. c. The paintings had no real symbolic meaning, and were essentially "art-for-art's sake", appreciated for its aesthetic value but containing little cultural meaning. d. The paintings are related to altered states of consciousness, and ultimately represent Upper Paleolithic people pondering the meaning of life. e. The paintings are ancient depictions of instructions on the taboo of conducting ritual vision quests.

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Gananath Obeyesekere, a Sri Lankan anthropologist, challenged the research findings of Marshall Sahlins, who argued that Captain Cook was killed by native Hawaiians who thought he was the god Lono. Obeyesekere's critique raises the issue of

a. how anthropologists should go about challenging each other's work. b. whether anthropology has a Western or Eurocentric bias. c. whether Christians are capable of understanding the importance of different gods and goddesses. d. the property rights to the diaries of Captain Cook.

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Campbell and Loy suggest that early hominids were living where multiple ________ meet and were exploiting a ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Archaeological remains from the Middle Archaic period at the Koster site in the Illinois River valley indicate the use of __________ around 7,000 years ago

A. cooking stones B. canoes C. houses D. earthen mounds

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