Charles Darwin:
A. is best known for explaining evolution in terms of natural selection
B. was the first person to conceive the idea of evolution
C. published The Origin of Species in 1696
D. was the first person to work out the basic principles of heredity
A. is best known for explaining evolution in terms of natural selection
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Sherwood Washburn argued that canine reduction among hominids
A) preceded the beginnings of tool use B) indicates a relaxation of predator pressure on the African savanna C) indicates a which in diet to seeds D) was counterbalanced by the use of implements as weapons E) all of the above
What type of religious organization has groups that perform rites for the community?
a. Ecclesiastic b. Communal c. Shamanistic d. Individualistic e. Congregational
A scientist is carefully excavating a fossil hominin. She is participating in which discipline?
a. osteology b. paleoanthropology c. paleopathology d. ethnography
Which of the following is an example of the biocultural approach to understanding human behavior?
a. studying human behaviors as the result of direct evolutionary pressures b. charting the relationship between agricultural practices and the evolution of the sickle cell polymorphism c. hypothesizing about the cultural abilities of ancient hominins by comparing them to living non-human primates d. focusing on the ecological factors that influence present-day hunter-gatherer societies