Studying ancient vegetation includes investigating __________
a. plant macrofossils
b. ancient pollen
c. phytoliths
d. all of these
Answer d
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Soft tissue of prehistoric organisms has been preserved under special conditions. 2. An ancient stone tool is considered to be a fossil. 3. The fossil record represents all genera and families with about the same degree of completeness. 4. We can reconstruct an organism's musculature by examining the organism's fossilized skeleton. 5. A careful analysis of skeletal remains can provide some information about body size, brain size, and skin color.
Interpretive anthropologists such as Clifford Geertz approach the study of culture as
A. functional puzzles. B. underlying sets of rules that must be deciphered through the analysis of cultural patterns. C. a diachronic phenomenon. D. distinct from human psychology. E. a system of meaning.
What can be concluded about a theory if its related hypothesis is supported after rigorous testing?
A) The theory is consistent with the available evidence, and can be accepted for the time being. B) The theory has been proved, and can now be accepted as a law. C) Nothing much can be concluded from a single test, so the status of the theory does not change. D) The theory is to be thrown out once a reliable hypothesis has been supported.
Your textbook defines marriage as a normally permanent arrangement but recognizes that _____
a. the permanence of marriage may vary from society to society b. small-scale societies have higher divorce rates than industrialized societies c. in all non-industrialized societies, marriages last until death d. only in very small-scale societies do marriages last until death e. divorce only happens in industrialized nations