Studying how men and women use language differently and how this regularly leads to miscommunication between them would demand a close examination of the cultural context of language. This would be the work of what type of anthropologist?

a. biological linguist
b. sociolinguist
c. historical linguist
d. descriptive linguist


Answer: b. sociolinguist

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Like priests, shamans are full-time religious specialists who make their living conducting healings and other rituals

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following types of evidence of hominin behavior are most likely available for study?

a. cognitive aspects b. economic components c. political aspects d. material culture e. social structure

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Discuss the ancestry of corn focusing on the findings from the Tehuacán Valley.

What will be an ideal response?

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