The basic social units typically found in foraging societies are
A. band and clan.
B. lineage and nuclear family.
C. extended family and clan.
D. nuclear family and band.
E. band and extended family.
D
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demonstrates that despite the human tendency to avoid inbreeding, it occasionally occurs and may even bepreferred. d. It supports Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the universality of the Oedipus complex. e. It shows that humans are no different from chimpanzees.
A phylogenetic tree _______, whereas a cladogram does not
a. indicates exact relationships between all species. b. indicates ancestral-descendant relationships c. uses only analogous character traits. d. contains only reptiles. e. contains only mammals.
The Dmanisi fossils prove that __________
a. Homo erectus moved out of Africa early in its existence b. Homo erectus took an aquatic route out of Africa c. Homo ergaster is the same as Homo erectus d. Homo erectus and Homo habilis should not be members of the same species
Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.