The fact that individuals who possess favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those who possess less favorable traits is the basis for which theory?
a. uniformitarianism
b. natural selection
c. the inheritance of acquired characteristics
d. catastrophism
e. the fixity of species
b
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An explanation of events based on the belief that certain individuals possess an innate evil power capable of causing harm is ________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
One of Gregor Mendel's major contributions to science was his:
A. explanation of the mechanisms of heredity B. discovery of the process of mutation C. description of chromosomes D. discovery of DNA within the nucleus of the cell
Just as in other areas of anthropology, the study of language involves investigating what is or isn't shared across human populations and why these differences or similarities exist. The linguist Noam Chomsky has argued that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language, so that all languages have a common structural basis. He calls this set of rules
A. the evolutionary linguistic imprint. B. linguistic structuralism. C. generalities. D. a global mental map. E. the universal grammar.
What is the term for an expert on a particular aspect of native life?
A. life-history approach specialist B. key cultural consultant C. biased informant D. etic informant E. representative sample