Cultural materialism is the theoretical position based on the concept that material conditions or modes of production determine________
a. why people chose what culture they feel comfortable living within
b. the collection of quantitative data
c. the friendships with individuals in other cultures
d. human thoughts and behavior
e. a better understanding of the qualitative data
ANSWER:
d
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a. medicinal herbs b. confinement for a period of time c. ritual practitioners d. shunning
New World monkeys are the only anthropoids that
A. have rough patches of skin on the buttocks. B. exhibit sexual dimorphism. C. have prehensile tails. D. are capable of brachiation. E. have orthograde posture.
Domestication may be evident in what aspect of archaeological herd demography?
a. an abundance of young males b. the predominance of prime-age females c. equal distribution of males and females d. equal distribution of all age and sex classes e. primarily older males and juvenile females
Fields of inquiry fundamental to studies of adaptation in modern human populations include:
a. examinations of modern groups but not populations over time. b. traits that typify certain populations that have evolved as biological adaptation to environment. c. factors that have produced only genetic variation. d. traits that typify certain populations that have not evolved as biological adaptations. e. factors that have produced only visible physical differences.