Which of the following principles was NOT used as a justification for colonial rule and land acquisition?

a. Indigenous land was considered "unoccupied wasteland" that could be appropriated to the government.
b. Indigenous people did not "own" their land because they did not transform it through labor.
c. Europeans could take lands they conquered simply by self-declared "right of discovery."
d. Eradication and genocide of indigenous, pagan populations was a sacred mission of Christianity.


d

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Compare the Binford-Flannery model with the research of Mark Cohen concerning the origins of food production by around 10,000 years ago. What evidence is required to support each of these theories?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following has evidence showing that it may have been a bipedal early

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