________ are "species" that are made when an evolutionary continuum is arbitrarily divided to time-defined units

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Chronospecies

Anthropology & Archaeology

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One of the exceptions to the almost universal prohibition on brother/sister marriage was among:

a. The Toda of India. b. The Tiwi of Australia. c. The ancient Hawaiian royalty. d. The Kipsigis of East Africa. e. Medieval Europan Royalty.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Homologies are similarities between two species that were inherited from a common ancestor.

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

Anthropology & Archaeology

Stone tools are sometimes found associated with animal bones. While this might mean that the animals were killed by hominins, what else could explain their association?

A) Flowing water brought the stones and animal bones to the same location. B) The animals made the stone tools themselves. C) Both the animal bones and the stone tools were stored there by hominins. D) Scavenging animals placed the bones and the tools in a cache together.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Divorces are easier to acquire in matrilineal societies because __________

a. children are linked to the lineage through their uncle, not their father b. women are more likely to wish for a divorce c. children are linked to the matriline by their mother, so fatherhood has a diminished role in kinship d. a group of women can successfully eject a male from their home

Anthropology & Archaeology