Which of the following is NOT a correct claim about the 18th century Swedish botanist Linnaeus??
a. He avoided a European bias while classifying humans.
b. He wrote the System of Nature.
c. He divided humans into four varieties by skin color.
d. He divided humans by temperament.
e. He showed a clear European bias in his works.
Answer: b. He wrote the System of Nature.
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A) elaborate folklore B) social inequality C) reliance on hunting D) balanced gender roles
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A. culture. B. shared blood. C. genetics. D. biological classifications. E. human breeds.
Prehistoric archaeologists primarily
a. try to understand the past without a written record. b. work with present-day artifacts to understand modern cultures. c. help us understand past building structure requirements. d. study historical archaeology. e. study changes in language over time.
Pantribal sodalities function to integrate the community by providing a series of important nonkin relationships.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)