When learning language, the human instinct is to:
a. Learn the language your father speaks.
b. Learn the language your mother speaks.
c. Learn the language of the group in which you are socialized.
d. Humans do not have an instinct to learn language.
e. Learn as many languages as possible.
C
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Polygyny:
a. was permitted in a majority of cultures anthropologists studied. b. is practiced by a majority of men throughout the world. c. is the predominant form of marriage in every culture. d. All of these are true about polygyny.
Regarding human capacity for culture, anthropologists agree that
A. although an individual's genetic endowment does not affect that person's ability to learn cultural traditions, it does affect his or her capacity to change culture creatively. B. although individuals differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all human populations have equivalent capacities for culture. C. because human populations differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, the ability to learn culture differs among societies. D. both mental abilities and mental disabilities are evenly distributed among individuals of all cultures. E. although women and men both share the emotional and intellectual capacities for culture, at the population level there is less variability in these capacities among men than among women.
The first metal humans used was iron.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Monotheistic religions are prevalent in societies that __________
a. are tribal b. are egalitarian c. have a supreme ruler d. have ritual specialists