This chapter's discussion of lactose tolerance highlights how genes and phenotypic adaptation can work together to produce human biological diversity.
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Creationism is considered a science because it has testable hypotheses
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1. Neoclassical comedy and tragedy were defined partly in terms of the social status of the characters. 2. Tragicomedy was a neoclassical genre. 3. Shakespeare was a typical Neoclassical playwright.
The precolonial Asante state was associated with all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the state accepted only gold for any type of payment or fines. B) the state elevated the commoners and a work ethic far above the wealthy elites. C) the state allowed individuals to buy themselves out of punishment, such as a death sentence. D) only the state could bestow titles of high public office on individuals. E) the state controlled opportunities for large-scale accumulation of wealth.
More recent approaches in historical anthropology, while sharing an interest in power with world-system theorists, have focused more on
A. how anthropological theory can aid NGOs in writing an alternate history of oppressed peoples. B. local agency, the transformative actions of individuals and groups within colonized societies. C. the state's role in denying some of its citizens a place in history. D. the role of colonial bureaucracies in shaping international culture. E. the structural causes of colonialism.