Why do some Papua New Guinea societies prescribe male-to-male sexual acts?
a. It is a way to prevent young men from becoming homosexuals
b. It is used to help men become more fertile and able to reproduce sons for a large kindred.
c. It is an initiation rite meant to make men strong enough to withstand heterosexuality.
d. It is a puberty ritual in which young men are taught how to perform sexual acts prior to marriage.
d
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What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
If an anthropologist is studying ethnic-religious conflict in contemporary Sri Lanka, he or she is most likely a(n)
A. cultural anthropologist. B. linguistic anthropologist. C. paleoanthropologist. D. archaeological anthropologist. E. biological anthropologist.
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A. the art of ethnography B. the study of the stages of social evolution C. the study of humans around the world and through time D. the study of long-term physiological adaptation E. the humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies