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
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
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.
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