Ideas do not develop in a vacuum. Darwin was certainly not the first person to conceive the idea of biological evolution. The roots of the concept of biological evolution go back to at least the time of ancient Greece. Research and discuss these early concepts and why they failed to become widely accepted.

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List three types of exploitation caused by gender ideology

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Anthropologist Lara Tabac conducted research in New York City to learn about the sexual practices of __________

A) illegal immigrants B) heterosexual teenagers C) men who have sex with men D) married couples

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The half-life of carbon-14 is

A. around 5,700 years. B. around 2,000,000 years. C. close to 1,000 years. D. infinite.

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Psychiatry has been a frequent subject of medical anthropology. One critical finding is:

a. The Freudian model of psychoanalysis is appropriate to all cultures universally. b. People in all cultures experience universal psycho-sexual stages of development. c. Schizophrenics are considered ill in Western cultures but are considered religiously enlightened in other cultures. d. Doctors are most frequently trained to treat mental disease as a result of either biological dysfunction or psychosocial factors but not both. e. Mental illness is always caused by social factors, but because of the influence of drug companies, doctors are reluctant to believe this finding.

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