As an academic discipline, anthropology falls under both the social sciences and the humanities.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Political systems
a. are fairly simple to sort by type or category. b. overlap fairly precisely with specific culture groups or societies. c. organize and direct the collective actions of the population. d. are not generally of much interest to cultural anthropologists.
The study of human origins and biological diversity is __________
a. archaeology b. paleoanthropology c. physical anthropology d. forensic anthropology
The problem with the kinds of definitions of racial groups devised by 18th century Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus is that, besides being ethnocentric: a. they confuse biological traits with cultural characteristics. b. they do not include all of the traits by which these races are distinguished. c. they are not scientific enough? that is, they do not include the frequencies with which
these characteristicsoccur in the population. d. they argue that certain groups are superior to others because of their geographical location. e. they include too many categories to be functionally useful.
The idea that individuals have characteristics (variations) that allow them to survive in a particular environment and reproduce, passing these traits on to their progeny, is known as __________
A. random chance B. uniformitarianism C. heritability D. natural selection