Describe the injuries and pathologies evident in the Shanidar I skeleton. What, if anything, does this tell us about Neandertal lifestyle and/or cultural behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
?It is a male from 30-45 years old with a crushing blow to left side of face, probably causing
blindness, a massive blow to the right side making the right arm withered and useless – this
appendage is missing, likely because it atrophied and dropped off or was amputated. That he
survived for years afterward indicates that someone was taking care of him. It speaks to the
social development of this group.
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One source of information available to researchers working on state-level societies but not to those working on bands or tribes is data from __________
A. settlement pattern studies B. ancient writing systems C. burials and cemeteries D. architectural remains
Many researchers think that schizophrenia is a universal disorder
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Despite differences arising from environmental variation, all foraging economies have shared one essential feature:
A. their reliance on available natural resources for their subsistence, rather than controlling the reproduction of plants and animals. B. their willingness to test out new food-producing technologies to see if they are any better than what they are used to. C. their interest in developing irrigation technologies to control sources of water. D. their emphasis on devising new forms of organic pesticides. E. their reliance on welfare supplied by state-level societies.
An Andean recording device that uses knotted strings in a positional decimal system is called a
A. quipu. B. tampu. C. huaca. D. shicra. E. waranqa.