The most widespread form of physical alteration to the body is

a. tattooing.
b. piercing.
c. scarification.
d. shaping the head.


b

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Fossil hominins can be recognized by __________

a. bipedal characteristics and greatly reduced facial prognathism b. increases in the size of the CP3 complex and a U-shaped dental arcade c. bipedal characteristics, reduced canines, reduced CP3 complex size, and changes to palate shape d. increased cranial size, canine size, and bipedal characteristics

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Evidence from Atapuerca revealed that Homo heidelbergensis individuals were hunting and eating Homo erectus individuals.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Describe how the changing patterns of infant breast-feeding, weaning, and birth spacing influenced demographic growth in the post-Pleistocene communities of Southwest Asia.

What will be an ideal response?

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In the Tuareg naming ceremony, all of the following occur except: a. Women gather around bowls of macaroni

b. The children are named on the eighth day after birth. c. The father gathers outside for a Muslim ceremony. d. The siblings smear their hands and faces with indigo.

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