Which of the following statements about applied anthropologists is true?
a. Applied anthropologists may work for governments or corporations to further their interests at the expense of local and/or indigenous populations.
b. Applied anthropologists may analyze ancient human skeletal remains to recreate ancient human behavior.
c. Applied anthropologists may use computer modeling to understand the collapse of the Mayan civilization.
d. Applied anthropologists may identify when the first agricultural crops were domesticated.
a
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The Homo erectus site in Europe that has given paleoanthropologists a unique look at the first possible Homo erectus travelers from East Africa to Southeast Asia is:
a. Lantian. b. ?Nariokotome. c. Ceprano?. d. Zhoukoudian. e. Dmanisi.
All of the following are drawbacks associated with the DNA evidence of tracing African origins except: a. scientists assume the DNA is originating in Africa and migrating out, but it could also be migrating into Africa. b. mtDNA is not always passed from mother to child? sometimes, it skips a generation. c. scientists assume that selective pressures do not affect the DNA, but there is
evidence for selective pressureon mtDNA. d. both models suggest steady rates of mutation, and mutation is notoriously uneven. e. mtDNA studies exclude information carried on the Y chromosome.
As an order, primates
a. have highly specialized traits b. can be easily defined by one or two traits c. lack traits that define the mammals d. have generalized traits e. have very narrow, or specialized, dietary preferences