Unilineal descent means that relatives are traced on either the male or female side only

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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A ________ is a predominant way of thinking about ideas.

A. theory B. paradigm C. hypothesis D. robust theory

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Sahelanthropus tchadensis was discovered in ________ and dates to _________

A) Tanzania; 4-2.5 million years ago B) Chad; 7-6 million years ago C) Uganda; 4.5 million years ago D) Chad; 5 million years ago E) Tanzania; 6-4.2 million years ago

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The following statements about land are made by people who belong to food-foraging, horticultural, pastoralist, intensive agriculturalist, and industrial societies. Which statement is most likely to be made by horticulturalists from a tributary system of land ownership in West Africa?

a. “The land of my people is the land around Spirit Lake, where my ancestors emerged and where we hold annual ceremonies.” b. “I gave the land to my brother’s son, who distributed it among his sons, for which they pay me ten days’ work a year. When the eldest son died, I gave his land to my cousin, who needs more land for his growing family.” c. “I paid ten grand for that parcel of land in the desert, and expect it to double in value in the next five years.” d. “In the summer, we go to our land in the mountains, and in the winter, we pass through the land corridor to the east, using the water holes and meadows for grass until we reach the summer pastures.” e. “I inherited five acres of land from my mother, as well as the rights to use the water from the river three days a week.”

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Cultural emphasis refers to

a. the major nonverbal forms of communication in a society. b. the favorite forms of argument in a society. c. the one language most members of society learn better than any other. d. the group of words in a language that are considered more adaptively important in that culture. e. certain types of words that are found repeatedly in different languages, such as “mama.”

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