How did the discovery of the Americas (New World) impact European understanding of biological diversity?
a. It exposed them to plants and animals they had never before seen.
b. It proved the validity of biblical texts.
c. It demonstrated fixity of species.
d. It supported standing notions of the Great Chain of Beings.
e. It had no impact on notions of biological diversity.
a
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The catarrhine nose is characteristic of:
A. humans B. Old World monkeys C. apes D. all of these
Neandertals had an average brain size about the same as, or larger than, modern humans
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The subdiscipline of anthropology concerned with various aspects of human language is called
a. primatology. b. linguistic anthropology. c. ethnology. d. paleoanthropology. e. anthropometry.
Which of the following is not a common applied field method?
a. urban action assessment b. focus groups c. rapid ethnographic assessment d. participatory action research e. surveys