Compared with pastoralism and horticulture, agriculture is a more land-intensive strategy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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"Studying up" means to study people who are in a higher educational bracket than the anthropologist doing the research
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Is defined as the study of evolutionary phenomena that occur within a species
a. Anthropometry b. Racial taxonomy c. Population genetics d. Microevolution
In the early twentieth century, anthropologist Franz Boas described changes in skull form among the children of Europeans who had migrated to North America. He found that the reason for these changes could not be explained by genetics. His findings underscore the fact that
A. diet affects which genes get turned off and which on, resulting in a particular phenotypic characteristic. B. phenotypic similarities and differences don't necessarily have a genetic basis. C. though the environment influences phenotype, genetics is a more powerful determinant of racial differences. D. observing changes over one generation is not enough to make conclusions about changes in genotype and phenotype. E. describing changes in skull form is the most accurate way to study the impact of migration on traveling populations.
Which of the following is not true of archaeological phases?
a. They are defined by temporal types. b. They are blocks of time characterized by one or more distinctive artifact types. c. They further divide and refine archaeological periods. d. They are not practicable units of archaeological study. e. They are defined by temporal types that show patterned changes over time.