Which of the following is an example of a transition that a bioarchaeologist is likely to study?

a. the introduction of agriculture to a small hunter-gatherer group
b. a modern mass grave in Yugoslavia
c. the adoption of a new language by a large group of people
d. the change from burials to cremations in a particular culture


Correct Answer: a

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Anthropologist W. Arens (1981) argued that the reason football is such a peculiarly U.S. pastime is that Americans enjoy particularly violent sports

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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a. an intentional strategy for losing weight. b. an example of an indirect "yes". c. universally recognized rude behavior, since it requires the person offering the dessert to read your mind. d. something that only happens in textbooks, not in real life.

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The fingerprint pattern of "loops" is associated primarily with:

a. sub-Saharan Africans b. central Europeans c. people of Mongolia d. Australian aborigines

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