Among some subarctic hunting cultures, a family with no sons might perform a transformation ceremony for a daughter selected to "be like a man.". As part of this ceremony, they tied dried bear ovaries to her belt to prevent menstruation and pregnancy. This description indicates that:
a. Subarctic Indian peoples need sex education as part of their modern school curriculum.
b. Hunting societies recognize that women are equal to men in their hunting ability.
c. These peoples recognize, as most people in the world do, the difference between sex and gender.
d. Gender categories for these societies are not divided into masculine and feminine.
e. For these people, cultural features could be as important in determining the gender of a child as biology.
E
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a. species A become species B b. species A and species B cannot coexist c. species A might branch into two or more species d. species A goes extinct before it can produce species B
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A. musculature B. skin color C. brain size D. relative importance of the senses