Unilineal descent groups are nearly universal. What important social functions do they serve cross-culturally?

What will be an ideal response?


1. Marriage regulation
2. Economic support
3. Political functions

Anthropology & Archaeology

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The Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire

A) live entirely on the game they hunt. B) are now eating mostly canned food. C) exchange some of the game they hunt for agricultural foods. D) find all the food they need in the rainforest. E) none of the above

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The Nupe king of what is now __________ had ultimate authority over his people by __________ them

A) Nigeria; taxing B) Ghana; adjudicating C) Nigeria; adjudicating D) Ghana; taxing

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Most anthropologists agree that

A) there is no biological validity to the concept of race in modern humans B) human biological variation is the result local populations adapting to local environmental conditions C) race is a social construct D) all of the above E) none of the above

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Which of the following is not inherited in a Mendelian fashion?

a. Huntington Disease b. albinism c. cleft chin d. Tay-Sachs disease e. skin color

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