Explain how archaeologists know when animals and plants have been domesticated.

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Colonizers used religion to subjugate colonized peoples

a. True b. False

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Why is the probability of a lowland animal being preserved as a fossil greater than a similar type of highland animal being fossilized?

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In "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy notes that clans are localized organizations of relatives, made up of a person's close male relatives who are all descended from a known common ancestor

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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After the death of a famous movie star, auctions may be held of his or her personal belongings. A few years ago, the sale of a popular actor’s shirt almost caused a riot among teenage girls who were bidding for it. The assumption that owning, touching, or wearing a person’s shirt somehow puts you in touch with him could be used as an example of:

a. internal magic. b. symbolic magic. c. imitative magic. d. Witchcraft. e. contagious magic.

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