An animal or plant believed by a group of people to have been their primordial ancestor or protector is a __________
a. guardian spirit
b. totem
c. founder spirit
d. endogamous creature
Answer: b
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Whether we will become a different species in the future
a. is not a question we can easily answer. b. is a question that anthropologists have considered. c. is certain; we will all have big heads, big eyes, and four fingers on each hand. d. does not depend on the future course of evolution. e. is almost certain to occur in 100 yrs.
Neandertal burials __________
a. all contain grave goods b. indicate a belief in an afterlife c. possibly include the burial of infants d. are no different from Upper Paleolithic burials
One prominent theory to explain the origin of gender-based division of labor is that women were restricted from some activities due to __________
a. a lack of physical strength b. a lack of mobility due to their reproductive roles c. religious taboos d. differences in brain organization between males and females
The study of the relationship between environment and society is called:
A) ecological functionalism. B) geographical functionalism. C) political functionalism. D) symbolic functionalism. E) social functionalism.