Which of the following is true of the space-time systematics of North American archaeology?
a. Space-time systematics is still the main focus of archaeological research, as basic spatial and temporal changes in material culture remain undocumented for much of North America.
b. Space-time systematics has been largely worked out, and no longer preoccupies archaeology as it did in the first half of the 20th century.
c. Space-time systematics is not very useful for North American archaeology, because material culture remained unchanged for long periods of time in many places.
d. While space-time systematics has dominated European archaeology for the past century, its utility for North American archaeology is just now being recognized.
e. Space-time systematics has not been largely worked out, so it preoccupies archaeology more than it did in the first half of the 20th century.
b
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a. Interpretive anthropology has increased awareness of the role of anthropologists. b. Interpretive anthropology has increased our focus on description and ethnographic detail. c. Interpretive anthropology has led to a much greater understanding of how cultures change. d. Interpretive anthropology provides an etic point of view. e. Interpretive anthropology has not made any new contributions to the field of anthropology.
Compare and contrast chimpanzees with bonobos
What will be an ideal response?
Negative reciprocity:
a. is used as a means of obtaining things a group sometimes produces themselves. b. is usually motivated by the desire to obtain material goods at minimal cost. c. never takes the form of barter. d. occurs when both sides make an equal exchange.
What role do recombination and independent assortment play in evolution?
A. They work to limit the number of potential phenotypes. B. They work to limit the amount of variation in a population. C. They act to create genetic variability in a breeding population. D. They act to reduce the overall fitness of a breeding population. E. They increase the frequencies of deleterious genes.