You are visiting the zoo with some of your friends. You are looking at a primate in a cage that is hanging from its tail. Your friends know that you are taking a course in anthropology and ask you, "What kind of a primate is that?" You reply that it is a
A. catarrhine
B. colobus monkey
C. parapithecid
D. platyrrhine
Answer: D
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a. the permanence of marriage may vary from society to society. b. small-scale societies have higher divorce rates than industrialized societies. c. in all non-industrialized societies, marriages last until death. d. only in very small-scale societies do marriages last until death. e. divorce only happens in industrialized nations.
Which of the following research methods is a distinctive strategy within anthropology?
A. its practice of cross-cultural comparison B. the biological perspective C. ethnography D. the evolutionary perspective E. working with skilled respondents
Pan-tribal associations are permanent political fixtures that cut across and integrate all local segments of a tribe
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
More than 1.1 billion people worldwide are overweight
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false