Electrons separated from radioactive elements are sometimes trapped in defects of crystals in odd numbers. These electrons, acting as small magnets, are the basis of:

A. electron spin resonance (ESR) dating
B. radiocarbon dating
C. thermoluminescence dating
D. amino acid racemization dating


A. electron spin resonance (ESR) dating

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a. Olduvai. b. Lantian. c. West Turkana. d. Zhoukoudian. e. Trinil.

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Efforts to demonstrate the public policy relevance of anthropology are known as

A. ethnography. B. underdifferentiation. C. public anthropology. D. development anthropology. E. cultural resource management.

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By what time period did farming villages first appear in Mesoamerica?

a. 9,000 years ago b. 7,200 years ago c. 4,500 years ago d. 2,400 years ago e. 1,700 years ago

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Which of the following is NOT a Francophone West African nation where négritude ("black identity") developed?

A. Guinea B. Liberia C. Senegal D. Ivory Coast E. Mali

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