Because of fluctuations in the available food supply, the size of the gelada social unit varies. The largest unit, composed of hundreds of individuals under very good grazing conditions, is called the:
A. troop
B. herd
C. band
D. cohort
B. herd
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The domestication of the dog
A. illustrates the strong human-animal bond that was an important adaptation during the time of early hominin evolution. B. likely occurred in two phases, the first beginning in China. C. occurred only after a key mutation that turned dogs into more docile creatures. D. occurred only in the Eastern Hemisphere. E. ensured, worldwide, that all early states had strong enough animals to help plow fields.
The path from foraging to food production was one that people followed independently in at least seven world areas. New archaeological research techniques continue to overturn previously held assumptions about where and how this occurred. Microscopic evidence from early cultivated plants suggests that
A. New World farming began in the lowlands of South America and then spread to Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands. B. the old assumption that New World farming originated in the upland areas is correct. C. farming in the South American tropical lowlands preceded domestication in the Middle East by some 5,000 years. D. maize was first domesticated in the Pacific islands and brought to the Americas by colonizers who navigated to the western coasts of South America. E. all early domesticates originated among the Clovis people, whose knowledge then diffused southward.
Slobin and Titon identified four major areas of concern for ethnomusicologists. Which of the following does NOT belong?
a. Material culture of music b. Social structure of music c. Ideas about music d. Characteristics of the music e. Political impact of music
Archaeological evidence suggests that Homo habilis relied on ___________ to obtain meat.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).