What is the primary purpose of vitamin D in humans?
a. to develop acute eyesight
b. to maintain the balance of calcium in the body
c. to prevent the development of respiratory illnesses
d. to enhance the production of collagen for hair
b
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Which societies tend to show more warmth and affection toward their children?
A) pastoral B) foraging C) horticultural D) market economies
The applied anthropological research study on "transplant tourism," where affluent individuals seek body parts by traveling to poorer areas where individuals are enticed to sell their own body parts to survive, is part of which specialty approach in cultural anthropology?
a. Ethnological anthropology b. Ethnographic anthropology c. Medical anthropology d. Forensic anthropology e. Cultural resource management
The panda's elongated wrist bone or "thumb" would be explained by Lamarck's theory in which of the following ways?
A. Some pandas had longer "thumbs" and were able to produce offspring. B. Some pandas acquired "thumbs" through strenuous activity and were better able to survive. C. Some pandas had "thumbs" of different lengths, and in a new environment, those with longer "thumbs" were better able to survive and produce offspring. D. Some pandas acquired "thumbs" through strenuous activity and then produced offspring with the same characteristic.
Living on the island of Madagascar are the:
A. marmosets B. lemurs C. bonobos D. all of these