Boas conducted most of his fieldwork __________
a. in the southwestern United States
b. in central Mexico
c. in the Caribbean
d. on the northwest coast of North America
d
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Bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground site determined that unlike the slaves' lives in New York, their lives in Africa were
a. plagued by malnutrition and severe disease, with abundant evidence of hypoplasias and other pathologies b. relatively free of malnutrition and severe disease, with little evidence of hypoplasias or other pathologies. c. characterized by extremely hard physical labor, as indicated by enlarged muscle attachments and lesions from torn muscles. d. characterized by extreme violence and warfare, as indicated by the presence of abundant healed and unhealed skeletal fractures. e. not free of malnutrition and severe disease.
Rites of passage
A) are found only in societies that have age grades. B) are rewards for good behavior. C) are unknown in our society. D) mark the assumption of new social roles. E) celebrate voyages.
U.S. Census figures indicate a __________ in same-sex households between 1990 and 2009
a. gradual increase b. gradual decrease c. sharp increase d. sharp decrease
When compared to large-bodied earlier Homo specimens, Homo erectus relative brain size is
a. about the same b. much smaller c. about twice as large d. about 25 percent as large e. is unimportant in discussions of hominin development