Homo sapiens is divided into local populations that differ by one or more phenotypic traits. In other words, it is a __________ species
a. polytypic
b. anthropometric
c. polygenetic
d. polymorphic
Answer a
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In her study of poor mothers in northeast Brazil, Nancy Scheper-Hughes found that women were relieved when all of their children had died
a. True b. False
In the nineteenth century, Edward B. Tylor suggested that all societies progressed through three evolutionary stages: savagery, barbarism, and civilization
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Ethnographic fieldwork is the primary research strategy of which field?
a. cultural anthropology b. archaeology c. sociolinguistics d. historic linguistics e. biological anthropology
Cultural anthropology:
a. focuses solely on the study of traditional societies. b. is the study of the patterns of belief and behavior found in modern and historical cultures. c. was first developed as a discipline in the 17th century. d. includes the recovery and analysis of material culture from earlier civilizations. e. has no practical application in modern society.