Discuss ways in which kinship and descent help human populations adapt to their environments.
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The term 'macula' refers to:
A. a feature of the primate brain B. an area of the primate retina C. the primate opposable thumb D. a specialization of the primate placenta
Contemporary North American adults usually define their families as consisting of their husbands or wives and their children. In contrast, when middle-class Brazilians talk about their families, they mean their parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and on, down to their children. They rarely mention the spouse. Which of the following is among the reasons for this stark cultural contrast?
A. Brazilians readily incorporate strangers into their social worlds. B. North Americans value independence over their family. C. Brazilians have purely economic relationships with their spouses. D. North Americans have more choices about where they can live, and they have chosen to live away from their relatives. E. Brazilians live in a less mobile society and so stay in closer contact with their relatives, including members of their extended family, than do North Americans.
Which of the following statements about primate growth and development is most correct? a. Young apes take more time to reach adulthood than do most mammals
b. Young apes leave during early adolescence and quickly establish their own groups. c. Nonhuman primates reach an early adulthood, but they are slow breeders with long birth intervals. d. Primates move from specific to more generalized development as they age.
Among the Agta of the Philippines, women not only gather, they also
A. fish, while carrying their babies with them. B. are the primary warrior class, except when pregnant or breastfeeding. C. cultivate small food plots inside village defenses. D. hunt small animals and do some fishing. E. are the tribal leaders.