The assumption that the relative frequency of certain artifacts, attributes, or styles changed over time in recognizable patterns is basic to dating by means of __________
A. seriation
B. fossil correlation
C. stratigraphy
D. dendrochronology
Answer: A
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A. the toughest members of their population having the longest life span. B. differential reproductive success. C. the most fit members collecting the most resources from the environment. D. the survival of those members of their population that practice true altruism. E. survival success in any environment.
How does primatologist Kinji Imanishi's work challenge the Western scientific approach to the study of primates? a. He does not emphasize the differences between humans and animals, and he focuses on harmony, rather thanconflict and competition
b. He studies primates exclusively through lab research and has developed a way to coordinate behavior withgenetic characteristics. c. He does not take a quantitative approach to study and does not collect data for evidence.Instead of producing ascientific study with evidence, Dr. Imanishi describes primate behavior through the use of story-telling andparables. d. Instead of producing a scientific study with evidence, Dr. Imanishi describes primate behavior through the useof story-telling and parables. e. He worked with teams of researchers that included scientists and artists.
Which of these statements is NOT true?
A. Australopiths mainly ate savanna vegetation. B. Australopiths exhibited greater sexual dimorphism than do modern humans. C. Australopiths became more robust through time. D. Australopiths started out as knuckle-walkers (Au. anamensis) and ended up bipedal (Au. boisei). E. Australopiths lived between approximately 4.2 and 1 m.y.a.
Which of the following statements about medical anthropology is TRUE?
A. It applies non-Western health knowledge to a troubled industrialized medical system. B. It is the field that proved that people from rural areas suffer only from illnesses and not diseases. C. This field applies Western medicine to solving health problems around the world. D. Typically in cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, this field does market research on the use of health products around the world. E. This growing field considers the biocultural context and implications of disease and illness.