This chapter's description of how humans cope with low oxygen pressure in high altitudes illustrates
A. the need for anthropologists to pay more attention to human adaptation in extreme environments.
B. human capacities for cultural and biological adaptation, the latter involving both genetic and physiological adaptations.
C. how in matters of life or death, biology is ultimately more important than culture.
D. how human plasticity has decreased ever since we embraced a sedentary lifestyle some 10,000 years ago.
E. how biological adaptations are effective only when they are genetic.
Answer: B
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The legal and scientific debates that arose after the discovery in 1996 of a skeleton dubbed Kennewick Man illustrates all of the following EXCEPT
A. that sometimes questions of ownership of and access to physical and archaeological remains place anthropologists and indigenous people in opposing camps. B. the ineffectiveness of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which has no real legal or political recognition. C. the often complicated ethical implications of unearthing human remains and attempting to reconstruct their physical and cultural identities. D. the fact that not everyone appreciates anthropology all the time. E. that scientific knowledge is not politically or culturally neutral.
The Yanomami of Venezuela and Brazil have descent groups, which span more than one village and are
A. matrilineal and primarily dependent on foraging. B. typically led by a female leader. C. without gender stratification. D. purely horticultural. E. patrilineal and exogamous in nature.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. All culture is learned. b. All learned behavior is cultural. c. Culture is humankind’s “social heredity.” d. Culture is not biologically inherited. e. Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next through enculturation.
In Tibet, a young man lives with his older brother, who is married. The younger brother eventually begins to think about setting up his own tent and taking his share of the yak and fields of grass. One night, his brother's wife gives him her necklace. In Tibetan culture, this is an invitation for him to become her second husband. If he accepts, he will remain with his brother and share the same
tent. This type of marriage is called: a. monogamy. b. polygamy. c. polyandry. d. polygyny. e. serial monogamy.