According to the text, perhaps the most unique characteristic of the discipline of anthropology is
a. that anthropologists teach in addition to doing fieldwork.
b. its scope.
c. the limited range of topics for study.
d. its age.
b
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The forms that people give to their material objects are
a. determined primarily by the materials available. b. the result of the interaction of utilitarian function and aesthetic style. c. completely arbitrary and spontaneous. d. very similar across cultures within any given historical period.
Which of the following best describes the "lumpers' perspective"?
a. Neandertals represent one of many distinct Middle Paleolithic hominin species. b. Archaic Homo sapiens are actually members of the species Homo heidelbergensis. c. Neandertals and archaic Homo sapiens were all part of one potentially interbreeding species. d. Neandertals and archaic Homo sapiens could not and did not interbreed.
The majority of Neandertal fossils been found in _____________where they have been most studied
a. ?South America b. ?India c. ?Asia d. ?Africa e. ?Europe
Based on research in the 1960s, which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is NOT true?
A. It was thought to sap a man's vitality. B. Women who wanted too much heterosexual intercourse were viewed as witches. C. Such sex was permitted only a hundred days a year. D. It was permitted to take place only in the couple's residence. E. It was seen as a necessary sacrifice that would eventually lead to a man's death.