The development of the amniote egg was important for:

A. the survival of birds
B. the movement of vertebrates onto land
C. the development of external fertilization in fish
D. the evolution of the egg-laying mammals


B. the movement of vertebrates onto land

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What archaeological feature associated with the development of agriculture has been interpreted as indicative of the development of economically and socially cohesive communities in the Near East?

a. compounds of small round shelters b. storage facilities c. multiroom rectangular houses d. communal burial sites e. communal agricultural fields

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Recent dating places most Clovis sites between 11,200 and 10,900 years ago

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When women control or own important resources and their labor is also important, then the postmarital residence pattern is most likely to be

a. neolocal. b. matrilocal. c. patrilocal. d. bilocal.

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The antiquity of humans in the New World was established by the Folsom site. How?

a. The dry desert environment of northeastern Mexico allowed for the best preservation. b. Careful provenience that recorded context: the association of a spear point with the skeleton of an extinct form of bison. c. The age of the site, established by radiocarbon dating charred corn recovered during excavation. d. Archaeologists worked throughout the 1950's to systematically excavate the site. e. Historical documents obtained by McJunkin proved the antiquity.

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