The anthropological commitment to looks at the whole picture of human life-culture, biology, history, and language-across space and time

What will be an ideal response?


holism

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All living cultures have some form of religion, and we assume that prehistoric cultures did as well

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following statements about Karl Marx is FALSE?

A. He emphasized class consciousness. B. He called the people who sold their own labor the proletariat. C. He viewed socioeconomic stratification in terms of several classes with different but complementary interests. D. He called the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie. E. He analyzed nineteenth century industrial production capitalism.

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Anthropologists are interested in kinship calculation, which is

A. the rules people use to determine their ethnic affiliation to a group. B. the process by which people choose their postmarital residence. C. the system by which people in a society reckon their kin relationships. D. the position from which one views an egocentric genealogy. E. people's emic perspective on family values.

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What is chest slapping by gorillas an example of?

a. Submission b. Reassurance gesture c. Affiliative behavior d. Display e. Involuntary behavior

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