Based on Hardin's arguments in "The Tragedy of the Commons," in which case would resources be best conserved in order to maximize yield?
A) with private ownership of land and resources
B) when there is a centralized political authority regulating land use
C) in societies with no concept of land ownership
D) when land is restricted to use by a single kin group
A
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a. palms. b. shoulder blades. c. tea leaves. d. pebbles. e. smoke patterns.
Some 35,000 years ago, our ancestors learned that heating clay to high temperatures allowed it to harden substantially. Many years later, using this earlier knowledge, our ancestors invented pottery. Pottery is classified as a:
a. primary invention b. secondary innovation c. primary application d. tertiary modification
Physical anthropologists must understand anatomy in order to assess the structure and function of fossil remains
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Natufians were
A. broad-spectrum foragers who lived in year-round villages in the Middle East. B. the first farmers in highland Peru. C. long-distance traders responsible for the spread of food production from the Middle East to the Indus River Valley. D. the first Siberian big-game hunters to cross the Bering land bridge. E. the first North American Paleoindians to settle in permanent villages.