Name and discuss three theories/selective pressures that could have favored the move from a generalized hominoid quadruped to a sometimes biped to a full terrestrial biped in the hominin lineage. When discussing the theories of bipedality, be sure to state whether or not the theory is plausible and why.
What will be an ideal response?
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Why do the Ifaluk maintain that parents should not play with their young children?
A) They believe that infants under the age of 2 have no thoughts or feelings. B) Their ethnotheories state that "a quiet baby is a healthy baby." C) It is seen as foolish for an adult to play children's games. D) They encourage babies to sleep as much as possible and conserve energy.
Wheels fueled the growth of transport, trade, and travel in the Old World thousands of years after the origin of food production
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Compare two of the following in terms of gender roles and stratification: (a) foraging societies, (b) matrilineal-matrilocal societies, (c) patrilineal-patrilocal societies, and (e) industrial societies.
What will be an ideal response?
The insistence by anthropologists that valid hypotheses and theories about humanity be tested with data from a wide range of cultures is called:
a. cultural relativism. b. the comparative perspective. c. the holistic perspective. d. human variation.