The concept of index fossils is associated with which principle?

a. the principle of cross-cutting relationships
b. the principle of original horizontality
c. the principle of superposition
d. the principle of faunal succession


Correct Answer: d

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a. 25 b. 50 c. 85 d. 70 e. 30

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Which theory suggests that the incest taboo was created to ensure that individuals would marry members of other families, thereby creating ties that held communities together?

A) White and Lévi-Strauss's cooperation theory B) Westermarck's childhood-familiarity theory C) Malinowski's family-disruption theory D) Freud's psychoanalytic theory

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The main difference between egalitarian and ranked societies is that in ranked societies:

a. there are never marked differences in wealth among the classes. b. there are no differences in status based on age and sex. c. there are a fixed number of statuses into which only certain individuals are recruited. d. leadership statuses are less formal and more open to all.

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Anthropologists have concluded that the physical environment by itself has a __________, rather than a __________, effect on the major types of subsistence

A) restraining; determining B) definitive; determining C) definitive; restraining D) positive; negative

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