A reason for the emergence of linguistic anthropology in the United States is the:
A interest in recording disappearing languages.
B fact that so many different languages are spoken in the U.S.
C ever-increasing need to find jobs for anthropologists.
D inspiration from primate studies that revealed how chimpanzees could learn certain aspects of human language.
E none of the above: this subfield began in Europe just like all the others.
Answer: A interest in recording disappearing languages.
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a. North America b. Australia c. Mexico d. South America e. Africa, Europe, and Asia
The ties on which kinship systems are based:
a. Are scientifically accurate reflections of biological ties. b. Are culturally specified ties that rest on biological and conjugal relationships. c. Are defined culturally and have no relationship at all to biological ties. d. Are remembered only in societies that have developed writing. e. Are understood only by members of a society.
The Miocene hominoids:
a. displayed little to no morphological variation. b. were all members of the same species. c. evidenced the "golden age of hominoids.". d. were all about the size of a house cat. e. were distributed over much of the New World.
The frequencies of the A, B and O alleles
a. are the same in all populations. b. vary between populations. c. are definitely NOT affected by natural selection. d. have never been measured for different populations. e. are definitely NOT affected by genetic drift.