The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Melanocytes:
a. ?are found in the dermis. b. ?cause cancer. c. ?are cells that produce carotene. d. ?produce melanin. e. ?only occur in dark-skinned individuals.
The largest earthen prehistoric structure built north of Mexico is located at:
A. Etowah, Georgia. B. Snaketown in the southern Arizona desert. C. Cahokia in East St. Louis, Illinois. D. the Hopewell site in Ohio. E. Moundville, Alabama.
The position that because cultures are unique, each one can be evaluated only according to its own standards and values is called:
a. ethnocentrism. b. cultural relativism. c. cultural materialism. d. adaptation. e. pluralism.
Anthropology is the academic discipline that studies which of the following?
a. Non-Western societies b. African tribes and Native Americans c. All human beings d. Monkeys and other primates