Among the Chukchee, the custom of levirate is __________.
A) considered a privilege offered only to highly esteemed men
B) the most common form of marriage
C) seen as more of an obligation than a right
D) a dying tradition, with only a few such marriages each year
C) seen as more of an obligation than a right
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. Savannah b. Tropical marsh areas c. Deserts d. Forests e. Tundra
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. developed independently of the theories of the earliest anthropologists. b. merely hypotheses that anthropologists use in the field to help guide them. c. often built upon what was learned from earlier theories. d. entirely new concepts due to rapid modernization of the United States. e. no longer based on the simple ideas of the 18th century theories.