The term for a mating system in which males, and some cases females, have several mating partners is
a. Estrus
b. Sexual selection
c. Polygynous
d. Monogamous
e. R-selected
c
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a. probably hunted because scavenging affords so few calories b. could easily have survived as scavengers c. probably relied solely on gathered vegetable matter d. relied heavily on cultivated grains
Among which cultural group practicing traditional forms of subsistence would you expect the longest period of breast-feeding?
a. Amish agriculturalists b. Ju/'hoansi hunters and gatherers c. Persian pastoralists d. London industrialists
One of the best strategies for reducing family size, and thus world population, is to educate
a. boys and girls. b. boys and men. c. elder men. d. girls and women. e. elder women.
__________ introduced the four-part typology of band, tribe, chiefdom, and state
a. Elman Service b. Clifford Geertz c. Leslie White d. Margaret Mead