In impoverished communities in northeastern Brazil, infants who die are considered __________
a. to be genetically inferior
b. to be uninterested in living
c. to be doomed from birth
d. to be the victims of their parents' moral failure
b
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What does the term biocultural evolution refer to?
a. biological changes in a species over time b. changes in human culture from generation to generation c. the interaction between biology and culture in human evolution d. biological evolution in all species except humans e. the influence of genetic engineering on culture
Compared to the Upper Paleolithic modern humans, Neanderthals
a. burials are more complex, usually containing hundreds of tools. b. burials usually contain several individuals, precisely oriented relative to each other. c. tools are usually more sophisticated. d. tools are made of materials transported (traded) over long distances. e. burials go back at least 90,000 years at Tabun.
The features of the primate brain reflect an emphasis on which of the following?
A. a long gestation period B. habitual bipedal locomotion C. the integration of motor and sensory functions D. hunting and predation
Anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes founded the group Organs Watch as a way to solve the global problem of human organ trafficking. This is an example of:
a. applied cultural anthropology b. applied biological anthropology c. forensics d. ethnology