The study of the distribution of layers of rock is called __________

a. geology
b. biostratigraphy
c. taphonomy
d. stratigraphy


Correct Answer: d

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Cohabitation households are composed of:

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Modern foragers are not Stone Age relics, living fossils, lost tribes, or noble savages. Still, to the extent that foraging has been the basis of their subsistence, contemporary and recent hunter-gatherers

A. suggest that the most basic motive driving human survival is the need for power. B. can illustrate links between foraging economies and other aspects of society and culture, such as their sociopolitical organization. C. are the closest we can come to studying true human nature. D. illustrate links between foraging economies and the emergence of social stratification. E. illustrate the social precursors to hegemony.

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