The Leakeys have worked at Olduvai Gorge for more than 40 years. Discuss the finds from Olduvai and their significance in terms of our understanding of human evolution.

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Aid organizations that contract with private sector firms or nongovernmental agencies to design and carry out specific projects in areas such as health, education, infrastructure development, and democratic state building are known as:

a. political development programs. b. sustainable economic programs. c. economic peace-keeping missions. d. social networking cooperatives. e. farming cooperatives.

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In survey research, what is sampling?

A. a form of participant observation B. a collection reflecting the emic perspective C. the interviewing of a small number of key cultural consultants D. the collection of life histories of every member in a community E. the collection of a study group from a larger population

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A lingua franca refers to _______

a. the French language b. a common language c. a world-wide language understood by most people in the world d. a language with no form of nonverbal communication e. an artificial language that is spoken by no one (a kind of techno-speak)

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Campbell and Loy suggest that Neandertals succumbed to ecological competition from modern humans, not to violent extermination

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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