What do anthropologists use as the basis for cross-cultural comparisons?

What will be an ideal response?


They use ethnographies.

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Molecular evidence suggests that the first signs of homininization should appear __________

a. in the late Miocene b. in the late Pliocene c. in the early Holocene d. in the early Pleistocene

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Although there were great differences among colonies, all came to independence as relatively poor nations

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Why do archaeologists use flotation?

A. to identify regional settlement patterns B. to recover very small remains like fish bones and seeds C. to control for the location of artifacts in three-dimensional space D. to establish relative chronologies E. to study the processes of stratigraphy

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In most cases the most important cause of extinction is

a. sterilization. b. urbanization. c. consumerism. d. habitat reduction. e. habitat expansion.

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