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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a. The Maasai, a pastoralist society in East Africa b. The Igbo, a horticulturalist society in West Africa c. The Mbuti, a foraging society in Central Africa d. Industrialized societies in large cities such as Lagos or Nairobi
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.
Refusing dessert on the first offer, and assuming that there will be a second or even a third offer, is
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.
The fingerprint pattern of "loops" is associated primarily with:
a. sub-Saharan Africans b. central Europeans c. people of Mongolia d. Australian aborigines