Which concept, proposed by Charles Lyell, was to have a profound effect on nineteenth-century scientific thought?
a. Recent origins for earth
b. The role of catastrophic events in producing geological phenomena
c. Natural selection
d. The immense age of the earth and uniform processes
e. The inheritance of acquired characteristics
d
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A common goal of development projects is to
A. increase socioeconomic stratification. B. increase equity. C. facilitate cultural assimilation. D. decrease local autonomy. E. promote ethnocide.
The art items we most associate with the Diné have their origins in __________
a. prehistoric times b. around the Contact period (with the Spanish) c. the 1870's d. the 1900's
In a scientific sense, the term Negro:
A. refers to all the dark-skinned people in the world B. refers to all the dark-skinned people of Africa C. refers to all the dark-skinned people of Africa and the United States D. is a term of sociological significance with no biological reality
According to the human genome's latest revision, humans have approximately how many genes?
a. 90,000 b. 25,000 c. 50,000 d. 21,000 e. 30,000