The mammalian diversity with which we are familiar today is a product of:
a. preadaptation.
b. isothermal radiation.
c. adaptive radiation.
d. clinal radiation.
e. clades.
c
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The analysis of past ritual behavior is archaeology's major contribution to the study of religion because
a. while all prehistoric cultures participated in ritual activities, many prehistoric cultures did not have religion. b. rituals are behavioral acts that often entail material culture and that therefore can be represented in the archaeological record. c. most archaeologists agree that prehistoric religion cannot be studied because it is archaeologically invisible; it is therefore a waste of time, energy, and money to attempt such a study. d. they are acts that do not attempt to intercede with the supernatural. e. rituals do not effect acts or gestures that interfere with religious behaviors.
In today’s world, hunters and gatherers are found:
a. on land very poorly suited for agriculture. b. in a few, very dense populations. c. living permanently on arid lands near waterholes, where animals can be easily hunted. d. living in large extended families. e. only in Africa.
What is the name of the time period that evolved out of the Oldowan, or pebble tool, tradition and lasted until about 15,000 years ago?
A. Oldowan B. Acheulean C. Chalcolithic D. Paleolithic E. Neolithic
The model of ethnicity in which boundary markers such as language, clothing, or other traits are fluid and vary over time is called the __________
A. ethnogenesis model B. biological assimilation model C. circumstantialist model D. primordialist model