Potlatching is a form of competitive feasting that enables individuals to redistribute surplus materials while simultaneously increasing their own prestige.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Because organic materials such as sticks and bones are usually well preserved in the archaeological record, we have good evidence of the earliest stages of hominin cultural modifications
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. All cultures are adaptive. b. Culture gives humans an adaptive advantage over other animals. c. What is adaptive in one culture may be maladaptive in another. d. Sometimes cultural behaviors are adaptively neutral. e. Cultural adaptation is quicker than biological adaptation.
Preindustrial agriculture uses all of the following techniques except:
a. Fertilizer. b. Selective livestock breeding. c. Crop rotation. d. Irrigation. e. Pesticides.
A married Trobriand woman emphasizes her
a) sexuality and beauty. b) her housekeeping skills. c) her fertility and role as a mother. d) her ability as a yam farmer.