What is the difference between kin terms and genealogical kin types? Why would an anthropologist want to make such a distinction? Can you see any problems with this distinction? In your everyday experience, do you distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types?
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A. evidence of the skulls' cutting and handling, suggesting they had been detached from their bodies and used-perhaps ritually-after death. B. their long and broad midfaces. C. their tall and narrow nasal bones. D. their tall and narrow sagittal crests. E. their high cranial vaults, falling within modern dimensions.
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A) animals B) the amount of land people own C) the number of children people have D) the number of wives a man has
During the most recent economic recession, remittances to non-Western countries have increased as migrants have left in search of work
a. True b. False
A __________ is the religious worldview of a people, including beliefs about the origin of the world, the pantheon of deities that exist, and their relationship to the spirit realm
a. cosmology b. religion c. belief system d. superstition