If an anthropologist is studying ethnic-religious conflict in contemporary Sri Lanka, he or she is most likely a(n)
A. cultural anthropologist.
B. linguistic anthropologist.
C. paleoanthropologist.
D. archaeological anthropologist.
E. biological anthropologist.
A
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Polygyny is
A. a situation in which a woman has more than one husband at the same time. B. the custom whereby a wife marries the brother of her dead husband. C. the type of marriage that follows divorce. D. the custom whereby a widower marries the sister of his dead wife. E. a situation in which a man has more than one wife at the same time.
Most all human groups have a story that explains their origins. This is an example of a:
a. norm. b. world view. c. value. d. role.
Anthropology is the:
a. study of Western culture primarily through the analysis of its folklore. b. study of humankind everywhere, throughout time. c. study of nonhuman primates through an analysis of their myth and folklore. d. study of the species Homo sapiens by analyzing its cultural but not its biological dimensions. e. analysis of humankind from the subjective perspective of one group.
What is one possible explanation for why human women experience menopause?
a. Human females age faster than males due to childbirth. b. Menopause allows postmenopausal women to help raise their grandchildren. c. Menopause evolved as a unique hominin adaptation for survival in African savannahs. d. Menopause helps to limit the population growth rate of human groups.