A culture's understanding of how the world works, how it originated and developed, how the various parts fit together, what laws they obey and, especially, the place of humans in the natural and supernatural worlds is known as
a. religion.
b. cosmology.
c. iconography.
d. ritual
e. science.
b
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Which of the following tend to be directed at socially marginal individuals as a method of social control?
A. witchcraft accusations B. rites of passage C. blood feuds D. Olympian religions E. cargo cults
Tool manufacturing among wild chimpanzees is an example of:
A. innate behavior B. learned behavior C. imitation of human activity D. learned behavior and imitation of human activity
Endothermy refers to
a. mammalian tooth shapes. b. the loss of heat in animals without fur. c. using physiology to maintain a constant internal body temperature. d. staying warm by lying in the sun. e. hybridization between two species.
All of the following were characteristics of Sahelanthropus tchadensis EXCEPT:
A. a large brain case. B. prominent brow ridges. C. relatively thick enamel on the molars. D. relatively small canines.