In order for a mutation to be passed on to an offspring, the mutation must
a. occur in a gamete.
b. be beneficial.
c. occur in a somatic cell.
d. result in additional chromosomes.
e. be a point mutation only.
A
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Political organization can be defined as
a. the culturally prescribed behavior associated with men and women which can vary from society to society. b. the rules and structures that govern relations within a group of interacting people. c. a society's formal and informal institutions that regulate a population's collective acts. d. a network of relationships through which individuals are related to one another by ties of descent. e. symbols, ceremonies, mythologies, or insignias of membership that appear as particular styles of material culture.
"Anthropologists spend much of their time studying trivia like kinship." Do you agree with this statement? If so, why? If not, why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Arms that are longer than the legs, and a short stable lumbar spine are traits associated with:
a. vertical clinging and leaping. b. full-time bipedalism. c. arboreal quadrupedalism. d. brachiation. e. terrestrial quadrupedalism.
Anthropologist Thomas Conelly found that when the rice yields from their swiddens dropped, the Philippine farmers of Palawan Island
A) left the land and migrated to the city. B) continued to practice horticulture with a greater variety of crops. C) began to clear primary forest to get more land for farming. D) turned to irrigation to get better yields, even though it required more labor. E) went back to hunting and gathering, because it required less labor.