Define religion

What will be an ideal response?


It is a social institution characterized by sacred stories; symbols and symbolism; proposed evidence of immeasurable beings, powers, states, places and qualities; rituals and means of addressing the supernatural; specific practitioners; and change.

Anthropology & Archaeology

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The earliest tarsiers are from:

A. Eocene, Egypt and China B. Oligocene, Pakistan and China C. Eocene, Kenya and Tanzania D. Oligocene, India and Pakistan

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Anthropologists focus on culture as a way of explaining economic behavior

a. True b. False

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Their differing anatomies suggest that strepsirhines and haplorhines split because __________

a. they could no longer interbreed b. they relied on different types of food c. they lived in different environments d. they began to compete over the same food resources

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of gibbons and siamangs?

a. They mate for life. b. They are brachiators. c. There is great sexual dimorphism. d. They live in small family groups.

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