Homo erectus fossils were first discovered by __________.

A) Mary Leakey
B) Eugene Dubois
C) G. H. R. von Koenigswald
D) Raymond Dart


B) Eugene Dubois

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The term encomienda referred to the practice of __________

A. granting a conquistador the right to Indian land, tribute, and labor B. presenting Spanish nobility with native crafts and products C. marrying into the upper classes of Aztec and Inca society D. awarding 20 percent of all booty to the Spanish Crown

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Which of the following is an example of paleontological reconstruction of behavior?

a. studying human behaviors as the result of direct evolutionary pressures b. charting the relationship between agricultural practices and the evolution of the sickle cell polymorphism c. hypothesizing about the cultural abilities of ancient hominins by comparing them to living non-human primates d. focusing on the ecological factors that influence present-day hunter-gatherer societies

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Any object made by humans is classified as an artifact

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Anthropology & Archaeology

After mitosis, daughter cells contain the same amount of DNA as in the original cell. What is this due to?

a. Recombination b. Pairing of homologous chromosomes c. Meiosis d. DNA replication e. Protein synthesis

Anthropology & Archaeology