African and Asian independence from European colonialism was not achieved until after World War II
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Mundurucu see the relations between the sexes as one of opposition and challenge. This is based on:
a. the high cost of bridewealth. b. the power and dominance women hold in the political sphere. c. their practice of polyandry. d. their religious belief system. e. their subsistence system.
The term "lifeboat mentality" refers to an ethic of sharing with others during a time of emergency or scarcity
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Paranthropus robustus apparently evolved earlier and went extinct before Australopithecus africanus
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This chapter's description of how humans cope with low oxygen pressure in high altitudes illustrates
A. how biological adaptations are effective only when they are genetic. B. how in matters of life or death, biology is ultimately more important than culture. C. human capacities for cultural and biological adaptation, the latter involving both genetic and physiological adaptations. D. how human plasticity has decreased ever since we embraced a sedentary lifestyle some 10,000 years ago. E. the need for anthropologists to pay more attention to human adaptation in extreme environments.