The fact that recessive genes will inevitably show up in future generations gives way to the idea there is no pure race

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: T

Anthropology & Archaeology

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Why do men and women likely speak differently even within a shared language and culture?

A) Girls are innately capable of developing a larger vocabulary than boys. B) Boys are consciously taught to use dominant, forceful patterns of speech, while girls are not. C) Adult men and women rarely interact outside the home, leading to subtle cultural differences in behavior and speech. D) Boys and girls grow up in somewhat different cultures, leading to cultural differences in adulthood.

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Agricultural intensification enabled people to farm for only part of the year, then leave the cities to live away from the problems endemic to urban populations for the rest of the year.

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

Anthropology & Archaeology

You analyze the stable isotopes from an assemblage of human bones from Canada, and find a high ratio of Nitrogen-15 to Nitrogen-14 and a low ratio of Carbon-13 relative to Carbon-12 . You should conclude that these people ate a lot of corn and very little meat

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Besides animism-and sometimes coexisting with it in the same society-there is a view of the supernatural as a domain of raw impersonal power, or force, that people can control under certain conditions. This conception of the supernatural is particularly prominent in Melanesia. Melanesians refer to this force as

A. good (or bad) luck. B. mana. C. magic. D. The Force. E. taboo.

Anthropology & Archaeology