Contrast a lineage with a clan. Name at least 3 differences
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A lineage is usually a local residential unit whose members cooperate daily. Often they own land and other productive resources as a unit. The clan does not usually reside near each other, they function primarily to regulate marriage, and they often have more political and religious functions than domestic and economic ones.
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Which of these statements about polyandry is true?
A. Polyandry is found only among mining communities in Madagascar. B. Polyandry almost always takes the form of a sororate. C. Polyandry is a cultural adaptation to mobility associated with male travel for trade, commerce, and warfare. D. Polyandry is not considered a possible marriage form. E. Polyandry is a cultural adaptation to the high labor demands of rice cultivation.
One of the major questions about human behavior in the time of Homo erectus is whether these people were large game hunters. What evidence can you use to argue that they were or were not?
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What is the relationship between capacity and warfare?
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The culturally variable ways people perceive social and natural reality and divide those realities into categories are called:
a. social realities. b. cultural constructions. c. physical reactions. d. artificial divisions.