One problem with ecological intelligence models is __________
a. that the correlation between greater intelligence and foraging efficiency is weak
b. that frugivorous primates are rarely more intelligent than other primates
c. that fruit probably played only a small part in the diets of Miocene primates
d. that the most accepted models for the origins of hominins are set on open savannas
Answer a
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The epicanthic eye fold is:
a. a secondary membrane that covers the cornea of the eye to protect it from dust b. a fold of skin at the inner corner of the eye that covers the true corner c. a skin fold that is found at the top of the eye causing a large wrinkle d. the skewing of the shape of the eye to make it more round and large
Which of the following is not a characteristic aspect of holism?
a. It involves biological and sociocultural aspects of humanity. b. It focuses on the study of many different aspects of the human experience from family structure to art. c. It studies how all forms of life are related and evolved out of each other. d. It studies all varieties of people wherever they are found. e. It involves the longest time frame for studying humans.
Which is the study of evolution and variation in humans?
What will be an ideal response?
Why are many peasant farmers in less developed countries resistant to adopting practices and crops even when they are genuine improvements? a. Peasant farmers have supernatural beliefs about farming and fear offending the spirit world. b. The peasant farmers do not understand that there are crops and practices that might be more efficient thanthe ones they use
c. Subsistence farmers know that, while not ideal, the plants and practices they have been using are welladapted to the local environment. d. All of these are reasons that peasant farmers resist change.