An individual who acts to increase the fitness of a close relative is demonstrating:

A. reciprocal altruism
B. kin favoring
C. kin selection
D. sexual selection


C. kin selection

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Which of the following is NOT usually considered one of the four main subfields of anthropology?

a. archaeology b. biological anthropology c. anthropological linguistics d. applied anthropology

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The most common approach to justice in state societies has been:

a. adjudication b. imprisonment c. negotiation d. trial by ordeal

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A study of relocated Japanese macaques demonstrated that Allen's and Bergman's rules _________ in a population

a. can occur within a year b. can occur after two generations c. can occur after 10 generations d. take so long to occur that they cannot be observed in a human lifetime

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Indirection, as a speech style, is limited to making requests

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

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