Are certain sexual preferences more natural than others? What factors compel some societies to deviate from the heterosexual norm found in most human societies?
What will be an ideal response?
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Which of these statements best explains why anthropologists are so interested in the question of whether or not gender hierarchy is universal? a. The existence of societies with gender equality would prove that anthropologists should be working forgreater gender equality in other cultures
b. If many cultures currently have or have had gender equality, this would indicate that modern societies couldachieve gender equality. c. The fact that other cultures have gender equality could be used as evidence that societies with a genderhierarchy are backwards or primitive. d. None of these; anthropologists are not particularly concerned with the question of equality.
The phrase "original affluent society" refers to which of the following?
A. the earliest foragers, who lived in wealthy economic environments B. the notion that hunter-gatherers spend little time working C. the ancient Egyptian civilization D. the concept of the "noble savage"
Neandertals commonly had all of the following physical characteristics except:
a. large, powerful neck muscles b. a sloping forehead c. protruding chin d. prominent bony ridge over the eyes
Explain each of the three types of power found in societies
What will be an ideal response?