Like race, kinship is a cultural construction, in that it exhibits considerable cultural diversity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of the biological species concept used in this text?

A. a group that is reproductively isolated from other groups but can interbreed B. a group that is reproductively isolated from other such groups C. a group of interbreeding natural populations D. a set of populations that can mate with one another

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The Aztec pochteca were specialists in

A. religion. B. long-distance exchange. C. human sacrifice. D. chinampa farming.

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Physical traits such as height, skin color, or liability to disease are controlled by multiple genes. This is called:

a. dominant genes. b. recessive genes. c. polygenetic inheritance. d. hemoglobin. e. dominant recession.

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Biologist Stephen Palumbi states that humans are the "world's greatest evolutionary force.". By this he means:

a. we are the least destructive on the planet. b. we can destroy ourselves and perhaps all life on earth. c. we are the most prolific organism on the planet. d. we are the strongest on the planet. e. we do have a profound effect on the evolutionary histories of almost all forms of life.

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