The study of how bones and other materials come to be preserved in the earth as fossils is called:
a. fossology.
b. relative dating.
c. paleoanthropology.
d. taphonomy.
e. taxonomy.
d
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The presence of five digits on hands and feet is
a. a primitive mammalian pattern retained to some degree in most primate species. b. characteristic only of primates. c. characteristic only of apes and humans. d. the only truly distinctive primate trait. e. the result of diurnal activity.
Which of the following is a common feature of a voluntary military association?
A) experience in war B) high military rank C) membership in an upper caste D) study of the history of warfare
________ is NOT a general trend in hominin evolution
A. Greater reliance on cultural means of adaptation B. An increase in the quantity, variety, and quality of tools C. An increase in cranial capacity D. A decrease in the overall geographic range of hominins E. Population growth
In kinship studies, EGO refers to:
a. the whole clan. b. the center of a kindred. c. moiety. d. an entire lineage. e. a person without immediate family.