The use of anthropology to offer practical solutions to problems faced by a society is known as basic anthropology

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: F

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The purpose of scientific research is to generate more accurate and consistent explanations of phenomena NOT to establish absolute truths

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The development of hairlessness may have been associated with _______

a. hunting b. marriage c. toolmaking d. development of fire

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What is a phenotypic adaptation, and what makes it possible?

A. It is a genotypic adaptation that is expressed in the phenotype. It is made possible by the close relationship between our manifest biology and our genes. B. It occurs when genetic changes take place during an individual's lifetime. It is made possible by human genetic plasticity, our ability to change in response to the environments we encounter as we grow. C. It is a phenotypic adaptation made possible by culture's power over biology. D. It happens when adaptive changes occur during an individual's lifetime. It is made possible by human biological plasticity, our ability to change in response to the environments we encounter as we grow. E. It is a biological adaptation that occurs during an individual's lifetime and, if critical enough to survival, will actually modify the genotype.

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In smaller-state societies, leadership can be a function of all of the following EXCEPT:

A) authority. B) economic roles in the distribution of goods. C) kinship. D) supernatural connections. E) social rank.

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