List the three key characteristics of human language. Discuss whether call systems and ASL-using nonhuman primates display these characteristics.

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

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Georges Cuvier's theory explaining changes in animal life throughout the earth's history is called

A) gradualism B) historicalism C) Cuvierism D) faunal development theory E) catastrophism

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A molecular clock is used to measure:

A. the age of an individual B. the relative evolutionary distance between species C. the rate of mutation in an individual D. the rate of mutation in a population

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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