The most important source of data for archaeologists is
a. material culture left by earlier societies.
b. interviews with living people.
c. DNA preserved in fossils.
d. early hominid fossils.
e. human skeletal remains.
a
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Paleospecies are defined in terms of:
A. morphological variation B. sexual dimorphism C. reproductive isolation D. arbitrary criteria
Archbishop James Ussher (1581-1656) was responsible for which of the following?
a. Establishing the antiquity of man by recognizing ancient handaxes associated with extinct mammal bones. b. Promoting the concept of organic evolution at a time when most scholars rejected evolutionary thought. c. Conducting intensive excavations aimed at resolving the question of human antiquity. d. Calculating the age of the earth based on biblical genealogy, and concluding that Creation occurred on October 22, 4004 BC. e. suggested the process by which modern people could have arisen from ancient primate ancestors.
Distinguish between medicine’s biomedical paradigm and medical anthropology’s emphasis on a biocultural synthesis.
What will be an ideal response?
A paradigm shift is best described as a(n):
a. ?inversion of a social hierarchy that allows egalitarianism to emerge. b. ?change in the perspective that a group of people takes on a social issue. c. ?natural hierarchy that appears to be socially just and sensible. d. ?means to re-educate all people on what it is that makes us human.