The term ________ refers to languages that have descended from the same ancestral language

A. descendant languages
B. sibling languages
C. daughter languages
D. brother languages
E. protolanguages


C

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A. development and refinement of physical skills B. learning about the physical world C. development of social skills and social bonds D. all of these

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Members of the family Lorisidae are found in Africa and Asia where they are able to coexist with monkeys and apes, primarily because they are:

A. insectivorous B. large and highly territorial C. nocturnal D. meat eaters

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Which of the following statements about the earliest writing is NOT true?

a. it was syllabic b. it was developed as a form of record keeping c. it spread from Mesopotamia to Egypt d. it played no role in the development of Mesoamerican writing systems e. it was scrawled on wet clay with a stylus

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Compared to those of the Middle Stone Age, Late Stone Age and Upper Paleolithic tools __________

a. were crafted with less skill b. were less standardized c. changed more rapidly and more frequently d. included less tools made from shell and bone

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