The scientist who coined the name Homo sapiens for human beings and placed them in a higher taxonomic group (primates) was:
a. Charles Darwin.
b. Georges Cuvier.
c. Carolus Linnaeus.
d. Robert Hooke.
c. Carolus Linnaeus.
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Among the Chuukese, who have a matrilineal system, a mother may receive aid from whom when disciplining her adolescent child?
A) her brother B) an elder son C) her mother D) her sister
Ultimately all natural selection is biologically measured in terms of:
a. reproductive success b. environmental adaptation c. macroevolution d. random genetic frequency
Which of the following is NOT among the four sexual orientations found throughout the world?
A. transsexuality B. homosexuality C. bisexuality D. heterosexuality E. asexuality
Leveling mechanisms are:
a. more common in hunter-gatherer societies than in horticultural societies. b. associated with one family becoming wealthier than others. c. found in communities where property is not allowed to threaten egalitarian social order. d. more common in industrial societies than in agricultural societies. e. no longer in existence.