According to Dan Sperber, the way culture is shared can be understood by analogy to which of the following?
A. the transmission of disease, or an epidemiological model
B. the use of symbols to represent one's nationality, or a citizenship model
C. the use of environmental resources, or an ecological model
D. the evolution of the species, or a genetic inheritance model
Answer: A
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Australopithecine species that shared the same environments at the same time show __________
a. the quick extinction of one of the species based on food competition b. a symbiotic relationship between the species c. morphological differences that suggest a lack of direct competition for food d. evidence for interbreeding between the species
Sexual dimorphism tends to be more pronounced in terrestrial primate species
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Animism is the belief:
a. that ancestors control our daily lives and predict the future. b. ?that religion can only be found in nature. c. that everything is imbued with a spirit/spirits. d. in many gods.
It took about ___________years from first discovery for scholars to accept the possibility that Neandertals were not that different from modern humans
a. 1,000 b. 500 c. 100 d. 50