What do we call structural similarities between species that are based on common function and not on common evolutionary descent?

a. Acquired
b. Non-adaptive
c. Generalized
d. Homologies
e. Analogies


e

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a. ethnohistory. b. ethnomusicology. c. ethnography. d. folklore. e. verbal arts.

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Invention of the wheel, use of fertilizer and draft animals, and irrigation are all innovations that have made agriculture possible

a. True b. False

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One of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families is that

A. nuclear families are always exogamous, while descent groups are always endogamous. B. nuclear families are found only in industrial societies, while descent groups are found only in foraging societies. C. members of descent groups are called affines, while members of nuclear families are consanguines. D. descent groups are typically not involved with politics, while nuclear families are. E. descent groups are permanent, while nuclear families are not.

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In certain limited respects, the lives of modern hunter-gatherers parallel the lives of prehistoric human groups

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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