The earliest recognizable primates appear in the fossil record during the __________
A. Paleocene
B. Pleistocene
C. Pliocene
D. Eocene
Answer: D
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Mesopotamian cuneiform has its roots in a system of clay tokens that dates back to:
A. the Upper Paleolithic. B. the fourth millennium B.C. C. the ninth millennium B.C. D. 1500 B.C.
One thing that the Yoruba and Igbo of Nigeria as well as the Mende of Sierra Leone have in common is that:
a. They are all hunting-gathering societies. b. They are all societies that have important third gender groups. c. In all three, the king is also the head priest. d. In all three, women held important formal political office. e. All three were state level societies.
What was the relationship between the discipline of Anthropology and the European Enlightenment?
a. this period was associated with the theory of monogenesis, or the idea that all peoples spread from a common point of origin b. many ideas that we associate with Anthropology actually pre-date the Enlightenment, and have precedent in the work of Arabic scholars like Ibn Khaldun c. this time period corresponded with a need to describe and understand a variety of non-Western peoples that were being encountered by explorers and missionaries d. the philosophies that emerged during the Enlightenment finally allowed secular academics to challenge long-accepted religious doctrines
What are the most important aspects of culture for anthropologists?
a. Genetic differences b. Rewarded behaviors c. Immoral behaviors d. Patterns of behavior