Early (proto-) anthropologists were very interested in sexuality across cultures
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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Gigantopithecus was:
A. a very large hominid that was ancestral to "Bigfoot" B. misnamed hominid that was actually more than the size of a living chimpanzee C. a late-surviving member of the Miocene hominid radiation D. an ancestor of the hominins
Which of these has become a major issue within the development of a global anthropology?
a. Objective science b. Neoevolutionism c. Monotheism d. Representation
The site of which city would have been covered by ice in Upper Paleolithic times?
A) Los Angeles B) Washington, DC C) Atlanta D) Chicago
Anthropology has always been concerned with how environmental forces influence humans, and how human activities affect the biosphere and the Earth itself. The 1950s through the 1970s witnessed the emergence of an area of study known as cultural ecology or ecological anthropology. This field
A. focused on how cultural beliefs and practices help human populations adapt to their environment. B. studied etic perspectives on human-environment relationships. C. is no longer relevant, because it dealt with research models that were either regional or local, but not global enough to account for the changes caused by climate change. D. has limited value in the present day, because it is not scientifically rigorous enough to address environmental problems. E. studied human-environment relations as cultural constructions and analyzed them as "texts."