The first person to categorize human beings in the same order ("primates") as apes and monkeys was:
A. Carolus Linnaeus, 1758
B. Charles Darwin, 1859
C. Francis Crick, 1953
D. Human beings are not categorized as primates.
A. Carolus Linnaeus, 1758
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The finds at the Boxgrove site in England support the hypotheses that archaic H. sapiens __________
a. hunted big game b. was an aggressive scavenger c. ate mostly vegetable matter d. relied on fish and other aquatic resources
Which of the following is least likely to be extensively involved in formal religious beliefs and activities?
a. Horticulturalists in a tropical rain forest environment b. Members of food-foraging societies with limited scientific knowledge c. Peasants in a feudal society d. Members of lower classes in an urban-industrial society e. Wealthy members of urban-industrial societies with advanced scientific knowledge
Which of the following uses graphic signs to represent individual consonants and vowels?
a. alphabetic writing b. logosyllabic writing c. syllabic writing d. ideographic writing
What hypothesis has S. N. Eisenstadt developed to explain the creation of age-set associations?
A) Age-set systems arise when kinship groups fail to carry out important political or economic functions. B) Age-set systems serve as an intermediate organization between egalitarian and socially stratified societies. C) Only societies with age-set systems can maintain traditional subsistence patterns in an age of territorial disputes. D) Age-set systems are a natural expression of a high degree of gender stratification.