Ethnoscience attempts to describe a culture as it is perceived and categorized by the ethnographer
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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Humans belong to the ________ family.
a. Hylobatidae b. Pongidae c. Hominoidea d. Hominidae
Oldest subfamily of catarrhine monkeys
A) Dryopithecinae B) Sivapithecinae C) Oligopithecinae D) Victoriapithecinae
In Biblical times, chariots and carts were widespread in the Middle East, but by the 6th century, the old Roman roads had deteriorated so much that wheeled vehicles were replaced by camels. This illustrates that the processes of change is sometimes due to:
a. primary innovation. b. secondary innovation. c. diffusion. d. cultural loss. e. revitalization.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis, or Toumai,
A. may be the oldest possible human ancestor yet found. B. may be the oldest possible "missing link" between gorillas and Orrorin tugenensis. C. apparently lived in a habitat with scarce animal life and mountain terrain. D. moves scientists close to the time when humans and apes in the Americas diverged from a common ancestor. E. looks more like a chimp than a human, specifically because of the placement of its foramen magnum at the base of its skull, which is farther back than in later hominins.