The primary cause of health problems from breast milk among the Inuit today is the toxic chemical called __________.?

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Answer: polychlorinated biphenyls

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What are founder effects, and what can result from this?

What will be an ideal response?

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In both ancient and modern apes the spinal column enters the skull toward the back

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Why is culture shock such a significant aspect of handling fieldwork situations?

a. It is an attribute of those fieldworkers who have less experience and is a key component in teaching ethnographic field methods. b. Culture shock most acutely affects the community studied and must be handled wisely in order to preserve the field situation for future researchers. c. Culture shock is exceedingly common and occurs to almost every anthropologist, regardless of years of experience. d. Fieldwork cannot be conducted when an anthropologist is suffering from culture shock. e. It is a sign that the anthropologist should leave the community immediately.

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A problem with the technological intelligence model for hominin brain expansion is __________

a. that the tools suggested by the model are too complex for a small-brained hominin to produce b. that tools were not used earlier than 2.5 million years ago c. that simple tool use and production requires very little intelligence d. that bipedalism occurred much earlier, and brain expansion occurred much later than the appearance and widespread use of stone tools

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