The three principles of seniority, gender, and __________ ranked every individual in traditional Tongan society
a. ancestry
b. lineage
c. craft profession
d. sisterhood
Answer: d
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A. stereoscopic vision B. climbing ability C. thin enamel on teeth D. big back teeth E. chimplike tool use, such as termite capture
It is important that archaeological survey samples be random for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. otherwise the samples would be biased, with certain parts of the sample over- or under-represented, and therefore the final results would be biased. b. random sampling provides the only way for archaeologists to collect meaningful negative evidence. c. random sampling allows statistical analysis. d. a biased sampling design will never allow archaeologists to know if results are meaningful e. random sampling allows some sites to be overrepresented and others to be underrepresented in the sample
Outline the various reasons why poor societies, and poor individuals within societies, have higher incidences of illness.
What will be an ideal response?
The French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss says that the incest taboo is universal because humans:
a. are instinctively opposed to inbreeding through biological programming. b. repress their sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and thus learn how to control sexual behavior from birth. c. have learned to establish alliances with strangers and thereby share and develop culture. d. prefer to marry their brothers and sisters and must use culture to regulate sexual access and avoid inbreeding. e. do not like sex.