Most broadly, by studying other people who live in different circumstances, anthropologists attempt to gain new insights on:

a. the future.
b. the past.
c. primates.
d. ourselves.


D

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How do chiefdoms differ from states?

A. Chiefdoms lack ascribed statuses. B. Chiefdoms have full-time religious specialists. C. Chiefdoms have permanent political regulation. D. Chiefdoms lack socioeconomic stratification and stratum endogamy. E. Chiefdoms are based on differential access.

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The advantage of social learning over trial and error is that:

a. members of a group may take advantage of each other's experience. b. the knowledge of one generation is not remembered by future generations. c. cultural traditions and inventions are not exchanged between nations. d. language is genetically rooted in members of a group.

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