Several language experiments with chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and bonobos have shown that all great apes have the capacity to use signs and symbols to communicate. Questions, however, have been raised about this type of research

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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What interesting fact did David Schneider uncover in his 1960's study of kinship in Chicago, Illinois?

a. ?Americans had kinship systems that were deeper than other cultural groups. b. ?Most people could not name kin upward for more than three generations. c. Americans could not name kinship connections beyond their own nuclear families. d. ?Americans did not use kinship beyond two generations.

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“Culture at a distance” is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except:

a. interviews with immigrants. b. foreign films and newspapers. c. photographs. d. on-location ethnographic fieldwork. e. literature.

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Many changes took place in the shift from Classical to Hellenistic Greece. Which of these did NOT occur?

a. tragedy became more popular b. satyr plays disappeared c. theatre buildings were constructed in stone d. comedy became more realistic e. dramatic theory became more important

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Two ________ make up the sides of the head around the ears.

A. foramen magnum B. temporal bones C. parietal bones D. maxillae

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