Martin Pickford and Brigitte Senut have claimed Orrorin tugensis to be a biped based __________
a. on a nearly complete pelvis
b. tarsal and metatarsal fragments
c. femoral fragments
d. cranial fragments
Answer c
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The __________ of the Pacific Northwest is an example of a redistributive network
a. fur trade b. potlatch c. moka d. market day
___________________ sketched the Mayan heiroglyphs in Palenque in 1832, incorrectly attributing the culture to Babylonians, Phoenicians, or Hindus.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Agriculture in Asia likely occurred
a. earliest in south Asia b. in east Asia, then diffused to other locations c. independently in east and south Asia d. as a result of diffusion from the Near East e. only in south Asia
As nuclear families replace extended families in industrial societies,older people no longer reside with their adult children.
a. The status and role of the elderly in the future will increase because the birthrate has dropped to an all-time low. b. There will be an elderly revolution, termed the “silver-haired rebellion,” which will place much of the lost power and status back into the hands of the older segment of society. c. As the rate of technological change accelerates, knowledge quickly becomes obsolete, and this decreases the status and role of the elderly (they are no longer the storage houses of technological knowledge; libraries and databanks have taken over this role). d. In the future, there will be a major reorganization of kinship and the family, which will restore power to the elderly.