Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The transmission of learned behavior in nonhuman primates is called preculture.
2. Cheney's and Seyfarth's observations of vervet monkeys suggest that these monkeys understand the concept of rank within their dominance hierarchy.
3. Human language is discrete, open, and arbitrary.
4. Vocalizations in nonhuman primates serve many functions, including sounding an alarm in case of danger.
1. false
2. true
3. true
4. true
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Most early anthropologists during the 19th century __________
a. conducted ethnographic fieldwork b. ignored the accounts of travelers and missionaries c. were unilinear evolutionists d. were interpretive in their analyses of cultures
Yanomamö parents socialize boys:
a) to be passive and respectful. b) to be stealthy and quiet. c) to be aggressive bullies. d) to be independent and responsible.
Which of these provides an example of analogies?
A. the mammary glands of dogs and cats B. similarities in chromosomal DNA between apes and humans C. five-digited hands and feet among baboons and macaques D. porpoise fins and fish fins E. bony eye sockets in chimps and gorillas
The regional continuity model of Homo sapiens' evolution states that H. sapiens:
A. evolved locally in Europe, Africa, and Asia from earlier Homo populations B. evolved in Africa and migrated into the rest of the world, replacing all earlier populations C. evolved in Europe and migrated into the rest of the world, replacing all earlier populations D. evolved in the New World and migrated into the rest of the world, replacing all earlier populations