Discuss ways in which kinship and descent help human populations adapt to their environments.
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Coastal Peru illustrates the explanatory power of Carneiro's theory of state formation caused by the interaction of environmental circumscription, warfare, and population increase
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
What is the anthropological meaning of the term peasants?
a. Rural people who live by a combination of subsistence agriculture and market sale b. People who do not own the land where they work c. Uneducated rural people who are wards of the state d. Rural people who attempt to live self-sufficiently off of very small plots of land
Macroevolution and punctuated equilibrium help explain __________
a. the abundance of intermediate forms in the fossil record b. gradualism c. gaps in the fossil record d. the interrelationships among an organism's characteristics.
The HbS allele increased in frequency in West African populations due to which of the following?
a. sickle-cell anemia b. genetic drift c. migration d. increased mutation rates e. natural selection