How did the spread of food production increase instability in subsistence?
What will be an ideal response?
Farmers tended to plant a narrow range of cultigens, increasing the chances of losing a whole crop; crops were planted with monoculture, meaning that diseases and pests had a greater likelihood of destroying a whole crop; and seed storage was selected for genetic uniformity over diversity.
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In archaeology, dating is most frequently expressed with the acronym "BP," which stands for _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
What does it mean when one says that culture is integrated?
A. Cultures are interrelated systems of thought, beliefs, and behavior. B. All cultures have interrelated groups of people that influence one another. C. Culture began with nonhuman primates such as apes and then became interwoven into human DNA. D. Societies have no boundaries.
Lamarck proposed a process of evolution with three major components. Which one of the following was NOT one of the three components of evolution proposed by Lamarck?
A. the law of use and disuse B. the environment not able to challenge organisms C. the capacity to change D. the inheritance of acquired characteristics
According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Barbadian villagers shunned his U.S. study abroad student because she
a. had sexual relations with a Rastafarian named Joseph. b. gave Joseph some of the fruit growing on her homestay mother's tree. c. lived for a time with Joseph in his hillside cave. d. was seen talking to and leaving the village with Joseph.