The North American tradition of giving a child the father’s last name __________.

A) indicates membership in the father’s clan
B) determines the patrilineal kin group of the child
C) does not suggest that the biological father is also the social father
D) does not denote membership in a particular lineage


D) does not denote membership in a particular lineage

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a. understand a culture from the point of view of the people themselves. b. identify the universal rules found in all the societies of the world. c. describe a culture in terms of the categories of the ethnographer. d. do a complete ethnoscientific study of every aspect of a culture. e. understand how culture changes over time.

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According to the Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium formula, if the frequency of q is 0.4, then the frequency of p in the population should be

a. 1.0. b. 0.36. c. 0.16. d. 0.48. e. 0.6.

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Vasodilation and reduced urine volume are adjustments to:

A. Arctic habitats B. high-altitude habitats C. desert habitats D. outer space

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Approximately how many groups of people defining themselves as nations exist worldwide?

a. 5,000 b. 1,750 c. 1,000 d. 750

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