Prior to its recent split into two species, Homo habilis was criticized for showing too much anatomical variation for a single species
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Johann Blumenbach devised an early racial typology based primarily on:
a. ?kinship. b. ?geography. c. skin color. d. ?skeletal measurements.
Why has the Great Rift Valley of Africa been so important to paleoanthropologists?
a. The desert environment has made it easy to find fossils. b. Volcanic activity has helped to date the fossils found there. c. The numerous caves there have helped preserve ancient hominin remains. d. Fossils there contain more ancient DNA than those found in other areas.
What does Laura Nader mean when she says that the beauty industry and many plastic surgeons are involved in "standardizing" bodies? a. They focus on the cultural body, treating others as in need of changes and adjustments to be culturally normal. b. They are working to sell cosmetics only to people who meet cultural ideals and do not address their markets toother women
c. They are not interested in selling their products anywhere but in the United States. d. They work together and have the same advisory boards so that there will be no competition between eachother's companies. e. They are working on cloning experiences so that future people will have a perfect body.
The Incan Empire was governed by a political state. Each of the following is true of the Incan state government EXCEPT it
a. organized land and labor by levying a tax on production. b. effectively integrated a large population into a political unit. c. conducted a periodic census. d. did not have a writing system for communication or a monetary system for exchange.