Anthropologists agree that the Internet and the spread of modern technology are successfully erasing all cultural differences.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Which of the following statements about the concept of race in Brazil is NOT true?
A. Racial classification in Brazil is built around the concept of hypodescent. B. There are more than 500 different terms used to describe phenotypes. C. The large number of racial categories does not lend itself easily to socioeconomic discrimination based on race. D. The perception of biological races is influenced not just by the physical phenotype but by how one dresses and behaves. E. A person's race can change from day to day.
The earliest hominin traces
a. date to the beginning of the Miocene b. are primarily full skeletons c. are primarily dental and cranial pieces d. date to the Eocene e. are merely shattered bones impossible to identify
For the Jamaica Agroforestry Project (JAP), Susan Andreatta looked for patterns in the data. Why is this a significant approach?
a. Patterns signify the more resistant areas of cultural behavior. b. Patterns suggest general trends and behaviors that affect the group as a whole. c. Patterns are significant because they must be modified in order for any change to occur. d. Through patterns the anthropologist can apply quantitative field research methods that provide accurate data. e. This was the only time that an anthropologist had used pattern data in research.
Gene flow is defined as the
a. production of new alleles. b. production of new genetic material. c. chance loss of alleles in a population. d. exchange of genes between populations. e. differential reproductive success of individuals.