Today, evolutionary anthropologists or behavioral ecologists look at how a behavioral characteristic may be __________
A) adaptive for an individual in a given environment
B) adaptive for a group in a given environment
C) maladaptive for an individual in any environment
D) maladaptive for a group in any environment
Answer: A
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Skeletal biology is the study the human skeleton in relation to __________
a. diet b. other tissues such as muscles and tendons c. cultural practices such as medicine d. pathology
During the last glaciation in Eurasia,
a. human habitation was impossible b. the entire area was permanently covered with ice-sheets c. a warming trend at about 30,000 ya partially melted the glacial ice d. hunting was impossible because there were no animals in the region e. Neandertals became extinct.
Which of the following statements is a distinction between culture and society?
A. Culture is genetically programmed, whereas society is transmitted through social learning. B. Society rests more upon certain features of human biology than does culture. C. People attain culture through international travel, but society is the social environment of their native land. D. Culture is the result of higher education, whereas society is shared by all people. E. People share society with other animals, but culture is distinctly human.
Which of the following terms refers to the system of social, political, and economic institutions that make possible a way of life?
a. Collectivist society b. ?Anomie c. ?Society d. ?Culture