Which of the following states that strata are laid down parallel to the Earth's gravitational field?
a. uniformitarianism
b. the principle of original horizontality
c. the principle of superposition
d. the principle of faunal succession
Answer b
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The first thing a bioarchaeologist would do when analyzing a human skeletal assemblage would be to
a. confirm that all the bones in the assemblage were human. b. calculate MNI and NISP. c. determine the sex and age at death of the individuals represented. d. determine any paleopathology present in the individuals represented. e. determine if any living descendants are in the area.
Which of the following is a task usually performed by men cross-culturally?
a. Clearing fields for planting b. Keeping up dwellings c. Herding small animals d. Fishing as a secondary resource
In the 1970s a group of scientists known as the Club of Rome got together to assess global trends and predict the future of the world and the people on it. Using a neo-Malthusian perspective and computer models, they predicted which of the following?
A. There will be an infinite supply of natural resources for hundreds of years to come because biotechnology will make land more productive, and humans will invent new ways of doing things. B. The world, as we know it, will end abruptly in 2048 because of the greenhouse effect, coupled with a nuclear winter. C. Current global trends in population growth, energy consumption, and environmental pollution will exhaust the world's natural resources within the next 100 years. D. Biodiversity will increase, slowly smothering the world and all its occupants.
Cutmarks on animal bones at early human sites indicate
A. sexual dimorphism. B. use of stone tools. C. construction of shelter. D. violent intertribal conflict