In what kind of society would you be most likely to find an inherent conflict between family systems and employment systems?
A) Geographically stratified
B) Egalitarian
C) Capitalist society
D) Socially-nonstratified
E) Subsistence-based
C
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Mesolithic sites in Europe have certain common features. Discuss the general characteristics of the Mesolithic in the context of the Mesolithic sites you know.
What will be an ideal response?
Identify a true statement about the Levallois technique of tool making.
A. It represented a refinement of the Mousterian industry. B. It involved simple preparation of stones to make tools. C. It provided higher and better quality tools. D. It centered on a disk-core technique.
Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have adaptive value outside of biological concerns?
A. It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population. B. It creates new social ties and alliances, providing access to more resources and social networks. C. It impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion. D. It was an important causal factor in the origin of social stratification. E. Exogamy is not adaptive; it is just a cultural construction.
One interpretation of the genetic evidence is that the intermixing of the Neandertal and the modern human lineages
a. never occurred b. occurred between 2 million and 1 million years ago c. occurred between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago d. occurred between 690,000 and 550,000 years ago e. will be impossible to determine.