Although sometimes necessary, interpreters are less desirable than knowing the language during fieldwork because __________
a. many of the nuances of meaning are lost in translation
b. few people are willing to talk with a translator present
c. translators are expensive and shorten the time an anthropologist can do fieldwork
d. translators often are dishonest and do not convey accurately information informants present
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The argument that males are more suited to combat because natural selection has made them on average larger and stronger than females is known as __________________
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Which is not true about Upper Paleolithic cave paintings?
a. are found in France and Spain. b. may have served as "encoded information" passed from generation to generation. c. were painted mostly during the last glacial maximum. d. are the first samples of pornography e. were done as early as 35,000ya
The form of the modern system of biological classification is based upon the work of:
A. Alfred Russell Wallace B. Charles Darwin C. Carolus Linnaeus D. Charles Lyell
Which of the following would be a "Paleolithic prescription" for diseases of today?
a. Return to our life of foraging and hunting b. Start making tools out of stone instead of steel c. Return to cave dwelling to save money d. Go back to being farmers e. Move into rural settings and leave the urban areas