The subfield of physical anthropology includes the study of:
A. human genetics
B. forensic anthropology
C. human biological variation
D. all of these
D. all of these
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In order to minimize the impact of subjectivity, the anthropologist should consider all of the following except:
a. how people think they really behave. b. the people’s ideal sense of how a society should be run. c. what the anthropologist actually sees happening. d. what the anthropologist observes in his/her own culture. e. the general cultural rules of the people being studied.
Why do people seem to be more motivated to try to solve social problems now than in the past?
A) We are more aware of global problems than ever before. B) People are more likely to know someone affected by these social problems. C) Childrearing practices have changed to make people more socially responsible. D) Many social problems are recent developments that simply did not exist in the past.
In a study where samples of the same basic proteins of humans and chimpanzees were compared, the percentage of amino acids that were found to be the same was:
A. 50 percent B. 65 percent C. 80 percent D. 99 percent
Imagine that you are an anthropologist hired to liaise between a tungsten mining operation (which provides materials for cell phones) and the local people in the Congo basin. Discuss the ethical considerations of your involvement in this situation
To whom are you most responsible?