The basic social unit of foraging peoples is the:

A. harem unit
B. band
C. village
D. clan


B. band

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The historical view of high rates of violence among the Yanomami emphasizes __________

A) the unbalanced sex ratio (scarcity of women) as a motivation for conflict B) how high rates of warfare are a response to "protein hunger" C) the role of the increased presence of Westerners in the region D) its adaptive role in keeping population growth rates down

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What is communitas?

A. a social inequality that is accepted even by those who are less privileged B. a collective liminality C. anxiety D. the Latin word for mana E. the supernatural

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Recent genetic evidence confirms that some interbreeding took place between Neandertals and H. sapiens sometime between 80,000 and 50,000

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The orientation that questions the truth value of beliefs and knowledge and focuses especially on how power relationships affect the creation and spread of ideas and beliefs is called:

a. Materialism. b. Idealism. c. Postmodernism. d. Functionalism.

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