What is the major difference between a shared ancestral feature and a shared derived feature? Give examples of each.
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The spatial dimensions of culture are referred to by anthropologists as:
a. cultural bifocality. b. place. c. borderlands. d. space.
Which of the below was NOT an example of the importance of war and raiding among traditional Plains Indians?
a) Children derived their names from warriors’ exploits. b) Societies conducted important corn-planting ceremonies. c) Women displayed their husbands’ and sons’ war and raiding trophies. d) Traditional religion was permeated with symbolism of raiding and war.
Some modern human populations adapted in just a couple thousand years to living at high altitudes, this is a clear example of:
a. microevolution b. macroevolution c. ancient synthesis d. punctuated equilibrium e. sexual dimorphism
The Maya often depicted themselves on all of the following except
a. stone stelae. b. polychrome pottery. c. in paintings and carvings on lintels inside temples and tombs. d. copper e. books, called codices