Compared to wild plants, the seeds of domesticated plants are larger and less likely to break free from the stalk and disperse
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
TRUE
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What is the world’s longest surviving social hierarchy that encompasses a complex ranking of social groups on the basis of ritual purity?
a. American social system b. Japanese caste system c. English system of royalty d. Hindu caste system e. Buddhist caste system
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, why had it become increasingly difficult for people to think that the Earth was young and unchanged?
a. The church began accepting the idea of evolution. b. The work of James Ussher was disproven. c. Lamarck proved that evolution by natural selection took millions of years. d. Fossils of animals no longer in existence were being found in deep geological strata.
Cultural anthropologists have much to contribute to our responses to global challenges. Which of the following statements is NOT one of the ways their work helps us better understand these challenges?
a. Through applied work and collaboration, they work well as part of teams of researchers. b. Through comparativism, they are more aware of whether these challenges are being faced by other groups around the world and what we might learn from them. c. Through holism, they understand the interconnections between various parts of the society. d. Through participant observation, they can observe the direct effects of globalization on local people’s lives. e. Through science, they best understand the technology that must be used to resolve other people’s problems.
An individual's actual genetic makeup is called the
a. phenotype. b. homozygosity. c. recessiveness. d. phenotypic ratio. e. genotype.