Why do most paleoanthropologists agree that several fossil forms, dating back to 100,000 ya, should be included in as fully modern humans?

What will be an ideal response?


The primary argument is because they were like us skeletally, genetically, and behaviorally.

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Pastoralists tend to be ¬__________ egalitarian than foraging societies in their division of labor, because __________

a. more; both men and women tend to the animals b. less; men and boys typically tend to the animals c. more; both sexes perform the same jobs d. less; women do not take part in subsistence strategies at all

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The idea that knowing one language will not allow you to predict how another language will categorize and knowing one language and name the world is called

a. linguistic relativity. b. ethnocentrism. c. linguistic determinism. d. ethnosemantics

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The expression of abstract ideas through art and writing systems is termed

a. religion. b. ritual. c. iconography. d. cosmology. e. cognition.

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What is the primary contribution of interpretive anthropology?

a. Interpretive anthropology has increased awareness of the role of anthropologists. b. Interpretive anthropology has increased our focus on how people themselves interpret their own values and behaviors. c. Interpretive anthropology has led to a much greater understanding of how cultures change. d. Interpretive anthropology provides an etic point of view. e. Interpretive anthropology has not made any new contributions to the field of anthropology.

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