Female primates:
a. have the same nutritional requirements as males.
b. are the same size as males.
c. spend almost one-half of their lives pregnant or lactating.
d. use the same strategies as males for avoiding predators.
e. assume most of the responsibility for infant care.
e
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______ is the practical application of the subfields of anthropology
a. Linguistics b. Archaeology c. Applied anthropology d. Physical anthropology e. Cultural anthropology
If consumers' incomes increase at the same time there is a decrease in the cost to produce granite counter tops, which of the following is true?
A) The equilibrium quantity will decrease. B) Both the demand and supply curves will shift to the left. C) The equilibrium quantity will increase. D) The effect on the equilibrium quantity is ambiguous without more information.
Why does this chapter on culture include a section that describes similarities and differences between humans and apes, our closest relatives?
A. to emphasize culture's evolutionary basis B. to better define culture as a capacity that distinguishes members of the zoological family hominidae from anatomically modern humans C. to stress that there is no such thing as human nature D. to promote the study of primatology, which has nothing to do with human culture E. to illustrate how evolution is just a theory
All of the following have been suggested as a cause of Yanamamo warfare except:
a. Attempts of individuals from one village to capture women from other villages. b. An indirect way of controlling population. c. High levels of female infanticide and scarcity of females. d. Competition over scarce resources as a result of Western encounters. e. An expression of inability of primitive peoples to control their aggressive impulses.