The perspective that religion serves cognitive or intellectual functions suggests religion provides people with explanations for the world around them. This view is central to the beliefs of which of these scholars?

a. Sir James Frazer
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Bronislaw Malinowski
d. Franz Boas


A

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A. density of melanin varies. B. amount of pigmentation in the skin varies. C. ability to efficiently distribute melanin to the epidermis varies. D. amount of melanin in the skin varies.

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The Kula ring is a form of _____ that reinforces trade relations among a group of seafaring Melanesians inhabiting a ring of islands off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea

a. negative reciprocity b. balanced reciprocity c. market exchange d. silent trade e. generalized reciprocity

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The principle of Mendelian inheritance in which an individual gets one gene for each trait from each parent is the principle of

A. inheritance B. genetics C. independent assortment D. segregation

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Who uses anthropological techniques to assist in crime investigations and to identify skeletal remains in cases of disaster?

a. Paleoanthropologists b. Primatologists c. Forensic anthropologists d. Archeologists e. Cultural anthropologists

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