What most distinguishes anthropology from other sciences is:
a. its focus on humans as the central topic of study
b. its use of biological data
c. its use of social observations
d. the diversity of ways in which scientific research is conducted
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The struggle between anthropologists in the military is mostly due to
a. uneducated militant personnel. b. conflict between anthropological ethics; to avoid harm to the communities in which they study. c. misunderstandings of the goals of war. d. grievances against the government by highly studied areas of the world. e. an absence of a struggle between the military and anthropologists.
In the "Biocultural Connection," why did the U.S. government support using DNA tests at the Dadaab refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya?
a. to test individuals for basic health and determine carriers of disease
b. to test asylum seekers to determine whether they were related to a U.S. citizen
c. to test families to see if they were legitimate refugees in the U.S. facility there
d. to test whether any of those seeking asylum has originated in the United States
If two genes, or alleles, for a trait are the same the organism is ________ for the trait
a. heterozygous b. homozygous c. monozygous d. bizygous