Trace the evolutionary development of the human brain from the early primate stage.

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According to Crate, the decline in hares, an important game species for the Sakha, cannot be attributed solely to the effects of climate change. What other reason does she cite for this change?

a. more time and resources for the Sakha to hunt than during Soviet times b. the drying up of the land where hares typically nest c. improvements on traditional Sakha hunting ethics d. the use of better rifles

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The application of archaeological and bioarchaeological knowledge for legal purposes is

a. bioarchaeology. b. applied science. c. forensic archaeology. d. forensic science. e. cultural resource management.

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The Dongria Kondh are facing imposition that will affect

a. very little, as the Dongria Kondh are very adaptable. b. their entire way of life, as strip-mining will destroy their land and impose on their sacred places. c. only their agriculture due to the effects of mining on the water supply. d. their wealth, as the Dongria Kondh, like many indigenous tribes, will benefit from the wealth of multi-national corporations.

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Which is the key assumption in Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralism?

A. The human propensity to classify phenomena in certain ways is acquired through enculturation. B. Cultural patterns determine the human propensity to classify things in certain ways. C. All myths can be classified as either good or evil. D. There is a very specific role for human agency in culture, and the structure of cultural patterns determines that role. E. Human minds have certain universal characteristics that originate in common features of the Homo sapiens brain and lead people everywhere to think similarly regardless of their society or cultural background.

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