All of the following are reasons that societies practice the levirate EXCEPT _____
a. it is a form of social security for the widow
b. it is a form of social security for the children of the marriage
c. it preserves the rights of the deceased husband’s family to his children
d. it preserves the rights of the deceased husband’s family to the widow’s future children
e. it is associated with societies that place the highest value on female heirs
ANSWER:
e
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a. studying human behaviors as the result of direct evolutionary pressures b. charting the relationship between agricultural practices and the evolution of the sickle cell polymorphism c. hypothesizing about the cultural abilities of ancient hominins by comparing them to living non-human primates d. focusing on the ecological factors that influence present-day hunter-gatherer societies
Within the amniote egg, the embryo is contained within a fluid-filled sac called the:
A. chorion B. allantois C. amnion D. yolk sac
The key difference between a village head and a big man is that the big man has supporters in many villages, whereas the supporters of the village head are restricted to his respective village
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Orrorin tugenensis dates to approximately __________ and was discovered in __________
a. 5 mya, Tanzania b. 6 mya, Kenya c. 4.6 mya; South Africa d. 6.8 mya, Ethiopia