Bridewealth is usually given to whom?

A) ?The kin of a bride, particularly her father.
B) ?The father of a groom, as payment for accepting a daughter-in-law.
C) ?The bride, as a form of marriage insurance.
D) ?The groom, as payment for taking a man's daughter off his hands.


A

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Refer to the table below. In the short run, if A = 9 and B = 27, which of the following is true?



Suppose you are the manager of Big Mess Managers, a large manufacturer of paper towels that uses two variable inputs and one input that is fixed in the short-run.

A) You should buy more of Input 1 and less of Input 2.
B) You should buy more of Input 2 and less of Input 1.
C) You should buy less of the Fixed Input.
D) Your firm is minimizing costs.

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The global spread of humans from their African origins was made possible by __________

a. the end of the Ice Age b. the capacity for culture c. the extinction of large predators outside Africa d. a land bridge from Asia to North America

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Lewis Henry Morgan believed in a hierarchical evolution of society from "savagery" to "civilization," but, unlike Edward B. Tylor, Morgan emphasized the evolution of the family and kinship terms

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which are the two main branches of euprimates, grouped into superfamilies?

a. Tripoidea & Omomyodea b. Carpolestids & Propithecus c. Adapoidea & Giganthopoidea d. Pongo & Aegyptopithecus e. Omomyodea & Adepoidea

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