What is the major principle of the single-origin theory?

A) Neandertals evolved into modern humans.
B) Neandertals still live among us today.
C) Neandertals became extinct and did not interbreed with modern humans.
D) The early modern Homo sapiens became extinct.


C) Neandertals became extinct and did not interbreed with modern humans.

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When different versions of a gene, known as alleles, mediate variation (such as blood types determined by the alleles for types A, B, and O blood), the traits are said to be:

a. polytypic. b. polymorphic. c. epicanthic. d. faunal. e. polygenetic.

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Ornamentation

a. refers to additions made of different materials that are added to an original work. b. is something added to an otherwise completed work. c. may be of the same or different colors and materials, and is sometimes worked into the object itself. d. is generally three-dimensional, as opposed to two-dimensional.

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What are the two main forms of unilineal descent?

a. Matriarchy and patriarchy b. Affines and fictive kin c. Matrilineal and patrilineal d. Parallel and double

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Who among the following individuals was opposed to the use of the term race?

a. Carolus Linnaeus b. Franz Boas c. Ashley Montagu d. Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith

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