Specialized or technical words are __________, spoken by people who share a particular occupation or interest
a. creoles
b. pidgins
c. jargons
d. dialects
c
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Which of the following statements about medical anthropology is TRUE?
A. It applies non-Western health knowledge to a troubled industrialized medical system. B. It is the field that proved that people from rural areas suffer only from illnesses and not diseases. C. This field applies Western medicine to solving health problems around the world. D. Typically in cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, this field does market research on the use of health products around the world. E. This growing field considers the biocultural context and implications of disease and illness.
Upper Paleolithic art was confined to cave paintings
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In order for DNA analysis to be effective, forensic anthropologists must __________
a. have approval from family members b. use DNA samples less than 5 years old c. have a reference sample d. have only a basic understanding of biology
The Clovis tradition, a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear, flourished (widely but briefly) in the central plains and in what is now the eastern United States. Until recently, the Clovis people were considered the first settlers of the Americas. Recent research now suggests, however, that
A. the Americas were settled by one haplogroup—a lineage marked by one or more specific genetic mutations. B. the wheel, which has never been found in Clovis sites, was a critical part of an even earlier arrival to the Americas. C. the members of the Clovis tradition depended on the domestication of horses to make travel possible. D. various groups of colonists entered the Americas, but they all used the same route. E. most likely the Americas were settled by several colonists who came at different times, perhaps by different routes, and had different physiques and genetic markers, which continue to be discovered and debated.