Anthropologists study primates primarily to understand the behavior and evolution of the
a. howler monkey.
b. bonobo.
c. orangutan.
d. human primate.
d
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Many anthropologists agreed that women's lower status in society was caused by the private/public dichotomy. Ernestine Friedl disagreed. What were her arguments against this position?
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Which of these statements best describes the relationship between culture and individual behavior?
a. Culture dictates individual behavior. b. Culture exists external to individuals and controls their behavior. c. Culture provides rough and sometimes conflicting guidelines for behavior. d. There is no relationship between culture and individual behavior.
Who among the following individuals was a supporter of evolutionary change?
a. Leonardo da Vinci b. Jean Baptiste Lamarck c. Aristotle d. George Cuvier
The simple definition of evolution is
A. natural selection. B. mutations in a breeding population. C. descent with modification. D. the process of achieving a perfect fit to the environment. E. competition over strategic resources.