The line that follows deep-water straits that separates animals of Asian origin to the west from those of New Guinea and Australian origin to the east is referred to as:

A. Huxley Line
B. Lydekker Line
C. Wallace Line
D. Lombok Line


C. Wallace Line

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The change in violence and sexual activity in American film content since the 1960s is an example of __________

a. intentional culture change b. unintentional culture change c. external culture change d. diffusion

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Which of the following statements is true?

A. One cannot accept science and also be a religious person. B. Science can successfully answer questions about ethics and morality. C. Scientific conclusions are based upon available evidence and therefore can change when new evidence appears. D. Scientific conclusions are considered to be absolute facts within the scientific community.

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A linguistic anthropologist studying the situational use of language is working in the field of:

a. ethnolinguistics. b. descriptive linguistics. c. historical linguistics. d. sociolinguistics. e. glottochronology.

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Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger. The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called

A. cultural transmission. B. displacement. C. linguistic imagination. D. phonology. E. productivity.

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