Thanksgiving in the United States is an example of a __________

a. ritual
b. rite of renewal
c. secular ritual
d. feasting ritual


Answer: b

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________ predicts that social animals should behave less competitively toward close kin due to their shared genes

a. Parapatric speciation b. Punctuated equilibrium c. Kin selection d. Lamarckianism

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While the vertical excavation strategy at Gatecliff was designed to clarify chronology, the horizontal excavation strategy was designed to

a. expose living floors. b. reinforce the artifact typologies in use at the time. c. clarify the site's stratigraphy. d. establish the chronology on a larger scale. e. identify the geological composition of the stratigraphy.

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In Samoan society, the heads of extended families are called matai and are __________

a. men b. women c. daughters d. holymen

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The recent discovery of 60-million-year-old fossil teeth from Morocco lends support to the theory that early primates emerged in Africa. This species, called __________, was a tiny creature probably weighing no more than 3.5 ounces

A. Purgatorius B. Aegyptopithecus C. Altialasius koulchii D. Proconsul africanus

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