What do anthropologists mean by an "incest taboo"?

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This term refers to a prohibition against sexual intercourse between certain kinds of relatives.

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In the majority of primate species, males directly participate in the rearing of young

a. True b. False

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Which of the following is NOT generally considered one of the fields of anthropology in the United States?

a. Historical b. Cultural c. Linguistics d. Archaeology e. Physical

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During ________, maternal and paternal chromosomes that occur in a gamete are shuffled.

A. regulation B. permutation C. recombination D. replication

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Biological anthropologists study

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