Anthropologists claim that in nonstate societies the political structure is embedded in relationships based on kinship, descent, and marriage. What does this mean? Use two ethnographic cases to illustrate this claim.

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Orangutans survive only on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When individuals of the same species are reproductively isolated, genetic differences may accumulate in sufficient number so that new species could emerge. Such an event would be an example of:

a. microevolution. b. the founder effect. c. equilibrium. d. macroevolution.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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