Explain why differences in skin pigmentation exist among human populations around the world.
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Which of the following statements about the population of H. florensis is not correct?
a. It was an island-dwelling dwarf hominid species. b. The hominid fossils there show very clear transition from H. erectus to H. sapiens. c. It has archaeological evidence of 800,000-year-old stone tools. d. It can be reached only by water navigation. e. The hominid fossils on Flores date from 13,000 to 73,000 years ago.
New international conditions have created problems and opportunities for anthropologists working in the field. One thing that fieldworkers must always keep in mind is:
A) Anthropologists are often in danger working in the field and many have been killed. B) Anthropologists must be aware that cultural representations often have great political importance. C) Native informants are increasingly reluctant to tell outsiders anything at all about their cultures. D) Since there are so few primitive cultures left, anthropologists must be extremely careful about "contaminating" those that remain. E) Native informants increasingly resent anthropologists and lie about their culture.
The lives of modern hunter-gatherers are of particular interest to anthropologists because
A) their societies are the only completely peaceful ones known. B) the human pattern of hunting and gathering is identical to that of nonhuman primates. C) they have lived for centuries in isolation, having no contact with outsiders. D) in some respects their lives are similar to those of prehistoric humans. E) hunter-gatherers can be viewed as "living fossils."
Schizophrenia is one of the most common of all psychoses
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false