Discuss and evaluate the various theories on the evolution of bipedalism.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Survival in the savannah
2. Carrying food, tools, or weapons in the hands
3. Heat dispersion
4. Energetics
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Interracial, biracial, and multiracial identities are becoming increasingly common in the US
a. true b. false
The highly organized communities of the Pacific Northwest prospered by relying on ritualized redistribution that ensured a wider availability of regionals resources. The communities were also practicing a way of living known as:
a. sedentism b. domestication c. foraging d. transhumance e. gathering
Which of the following has been suggested as a possible reason why Venus figurines were made?
a. They were gifts given by men or women to their lovers. b. They were self-portraits made by women while pregnant. c. They were attempts at magical birth control. d. They were portraits of pregnant women made by their husbands.
According to Franz Boas, in order to conduct a historical particularist study of a society, one must adopt the notion of __________, or the belief that each society should be understood in terms of its own cultural practices and values
A. particular evolution B. cultural relativism C. functionalism D. neoevolutionism