The theory of unilineal evolution
a. developed from Darwin's ideas on natural selection.
b. states that different peoples represent different stages of evolutionary development.
c. defines the evolutionary stages of savagery, barbarism, and civilization.
d. All of these are true of unilineal evolution.
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is a similarity in the prehistory of western South America and that of Mesoamerica?
A. Animal domestication and the use of animals for land transport were observed in both the regions. B. In both areas, the first villages date to 2700 B.C., beginning with early monumental construction on the Peruvian coast. C. In both areas, the earliest experiments with food production preceded the transition to sedentary village life. D. In both regions, the first sedentary communities were situated away from the seashore in mountain zones of the Amazon rain forest.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, why had it become increasingly difficult for people to think that the Earth was young and unchanged?
a. The church began accepting the idea of evolution. b. The work of James Ussher was disproven. c. Lamarck proved that evolution by natural selection took millions of years. d. Fossils of animals no longer in existence were being found in deep geological strata.
Anthropological research on women's status indicates that:
a. women's roles and rights, and restrictions on them, vary cross-culturally. b. there is no reason to believe that barriers to women's achievement and opportunity may be further reduced. c. the family as an institution is the key to reducing the amount of gender inequality in a society. d. there is little hope of greater sexual equality ever becoming established.