Which of the following best describes biological anthropology?
A. the study of language and linguistic diversity
B. the study of public health
C. the study of human biological diversity
D. the study of biology through material remains
E. the study of biological and cultural approaches to a given problem
Answer: C
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Egalitarian societies have no social groups with unequal access to power, prestige, or resources, __________
A) but they generally afford greater access of these to men than to women B) and they ensure equality by sorting social groups by gender C) and they often afford the same balance across genders D) but they usually afford greater access of these to women than to men
Natural selection operates directly on the genotype of an organism.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Polyandry is adapted to a number of different economic and demographic circumstances. Among the Toda of South India, it is an adaptation to the:
a. Shortage of land. b. Need for men to be away as soldiers for long periods of time. c. Shortage of females, created by female infanticide. d. Low birth rate of females as compared with males. e. High degree of occupational specialization.
Today, evolutionary anthropologists or behavioral ecologists look at how a behavioral characteristic may be __________
A) adaptive for an individual in a given environment B) adaptive for a group in a given environment C) maladaptive for an individual in any environment D) maladaptive for a group in any environment