Which of the following statements about Tikopian society is false?
a. Chiefs received tribute, but also redistributed most of it on public occasions.
b. Chiefs exercised authority over members of their own clans.
c. Each lineage within a clan was ranked with regard to the others.
d. The nobility enriched itself at the expense of commoners.
D
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Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The anatomy of the fossil known as "Little Foot" would suggest that
A) the australopithecines were partly arboreal and partly terrestrial B) the autralopithecines were mostly arboreal C) Paranthropus was more arboreal than Australopithecus D) Paranthropus was mostly terrestrial E) the australopithecines were mostly terrestrial
Among the Yanomami of Venezuela and Brazil, as in many societies with unilineal descent, which of the following is true?
A. Marriage between first cousins is preferred, but marriage between second cousins is considered incest. B. Marriage between parallel cousins is preferred, whereas marriage between cross cousins is considered incest. C. Marriage between cross cousins is preferred; marriage between parallel cousins is considered incest. D. Marriage between Crow cousins is preferred; marriage between Omaha cousins is considered incest. E. Marriage between sororate cousins is preferred, although marriage between levirate cousins is considered incest.
Fossil fuel use has dramatically increased the levels of __________ in the atmosphere
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word