In what way are osteologists and paleoanthropologists similar?
a. they both only study recently deceased humans
b. they both study patterns of human growth
c. they both study material culture
d. they both study the human skeleton
Correct Answer: d
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What course of action has the AAA (American Anthropological Association) recommended in terms of the use of the concept of race?
a. Eliminating the word race from the 2011 U.S. census b. Establishing a biological definition for race c. Adding the term Hispanic as a race instead of an ethnicity d. Using the concept of race to explain cultural differences
Linguistic nationalism refers to the establishment of a nation where everyone speaks only one language
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to biologist Stephen Palumbi (2001), humans are the world's
a. greatest creation. b. weakest evolutionary force. c. greatest evolutionary force. d. greatest devolutionary force. e. greatest threat.