How are members of a lineage connected?
A) They believe themselves to be descended from a common ancestor.
B) They can trace descent from a common ancestor through known links.
C) They are related through frequent marriage between their two communities.
D) They are all members of a multi-generational, extended household.
B) They can trace descent from a common ancestor through known links.
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Historical particularism, the approach of Franz Boas, can be characterized as
A) an attempt to discover laws of general evolutionary processes. B) mainly dependent upon unsystematically collected and unverified information. C) research effort focused on the relationship between individual action and custom. D) a direct outgrowth and refinement of nineteenth century evolutionism. E) mainly concerned with abstraction and theory formation.
Do you believe that grammar is universal? Support your answer with information learned from the study of pidgin, creole, and children's acquisition of language
What will be an ideal response?
Using all four limbs to support the body during locomotion is called
a. bipedalism b. quadrupedalism c. vertical clinging and leaping d. brachiation e. semi-brachiation
Ideally, taxonomic classification:
a. is based on the presence of acquired characteristics. b. reflects evolutionary relationships. c. is only applicable to nonhuman species. d. reflects the current geographic distribution of species. e. is always based solely on between-species behavioral similarities.