One of the burning questions in anthropology revolves around the origin of the hominins and the divergence of the hominins from the apes. What fossil group or groups might include a hominin ancestor? Why would it be recognized as the common ancestor of apes and humans?

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Identify the key physical features of Homo erectus.

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What do we call the factors that separate two breeding populations?

a. fission factors b. isolating factors c. punctuated equilibria d. cladogenesis

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Systems of exchange include __________

a. sharecroppers, miners, and child laborers b. workers, the state, and owners of capital c. social divisions, class systems, and commodities d. redistributive networks, barter, trade, and market transactions

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All of the following are characteristics of religion except:

a. Ritual. b. Stories. c. Symbols. d. Practitioners. e. Music.

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