The __________ system makes distinctions between (1) the nuclear family and all other types of relatives and (2) gender

a. Omaha
b. Crow
c. Hawaiian
d. Eskimo


Answer: d

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The anthropologists of the 19th century believed that cultures transformed over time into more complex and superior cultures. This type of thinking is called

a. materialism. b. unilineal evolutionism. c. functionalism. d. particularism.

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Some paleoanthropologists see the specimens that make up Homo habilis as really belonging to two separate species, H. habilis and:

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Anthropologists often say that in nonindustrial societies, economic relationships are embedded in social relationships. What does this mean?

What will be an ideal response?

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