Bilateral descent is commonly found among all of the following except:
a. postindustrial societies.
b. agricultural societies.
c. tribal societies.
d. industrial societies.
e. foraging societies.
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following statements about orangutans is true?
A. The large size of the orangutan protects it from extinction. B. Orangutans are the most sociable primates. C. As is typical of arboreal species, the orangutan exhibits little sexual dimorphism. D. Orangutans are less arboreal than gorillas. E. Orangutans used to live over much of Asia but now are found only on two islands in Indonesia.
Which of the following leads groups of related people or kin networks to worship their own particular deity?
a. secret societies b. polytheism c. totemism d. animism
Tree-ring dating is possible because
a. variable tree ring widths preserve information about past climatic change and can be fit into a long-term chronological sequence. b. tree rings can simply be counted and subtracted from the present to determine the calendar date of the tree's death. c. all trees respond to climatic variability in the same way. d. sunspots don't effect the earth's climate e. several sets of rings represent a single year