The genus Homo spent the majority of its evolutionary history in the ________ period.

A. Oligocene
B. Pleistocene
C. Pliocene
D. Miocene


Answer: B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. sex. b. brachiation. c. play. d. knuckle-walking. e. home ranges.

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A. focuses on preparing emerging academic scholars to improve their grant application skills. B. is an European phenomenon. C. has yet to be recognized by the American Anthropological Association. D. originated at the same time that anthropology's four-field approach became established among early-twentieth-century U.S. academics. E. encompasses any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of its four subfields to identify, assess, and solve practical problems.

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What is the conceptual opposite of ethnocentrism?

A) an understanding of the nuances of other cultures B) the glorification of other cultures C) thinking your own culture is better than others D) believing that all cultures are essentially the same

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