In rural areas, if land is continually divided and inherited by each son, eventually there is not enough land left to support a family. One solution is primogeniture, which is
a. the practice of inheritance by the eldest son only.
b. the practice of buying additional land for each son.
c. the practice of inheritance by the youngest son only.
d. learning to farm smaller plots more intensively.
a
You might also like to view...
Cuartoneros, or chainsaw crews, are often made up of poor men from San Borja. They hunt for and harvest mahogany in more remote areas of the Bolivian lowlands
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Arnold van Gennep classified rites of passage as a three-step process. The correct order of this process is which of the following?
a. separation, reincorporation, and transition b. separation, transition, and reincorporation c. transition, separation, and reincorporation d. separation, intensification, and transition
The closer genes are to each other on a chromosome __________
a. the more likely they are to be separated due to crossing over b. the less likely they are to be separated due to crossing over c. the more likely they are to be linked in mitosis d. the less likely they are to be linked
Which of the following is true of the fossils of the genus Homo?
A. a pronounced and conspicuous chin B. large midfaces C. a small gap behind the third molar D. tiny incisors