Research on chimpanzee communication shows that they
a. possess the physical means of speaking like humans.
b. can communicate subtle shades of meaning.
c. use a closed communication system.
d. can combine one or more sounds to create a large number of meanings.
e. can express opinions about abstract ideas.
ANS: C
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a. The "New Archaeology" of the 1960s has for the most part been uncritically accepted by nearly all Americanist archaeologists, and currently dominates archaeological thought. b. Americanist archaeology is today very diverse, representing many different theoretical perspectives; there is no single, defining, dominating trend. c. Whatever public interest and involvement that archaeology once experienced has dramatically diminished; archaeology as a discipline is at the risk of extinction. d. Archaeology today, as it was throughout the entire history of Americanist archaeology, is heavily dominated by white males, with virtually no involvement by woman and other minorities. e. A single defining trend dominates archaeology today.
Which scientist argues that "classic" Neandertal features such as sloping foreheads, bunlike appearance at the back of the skull, and distinctively small mastoid processes are commonly present in medieval skulls from Denmark and Norway dated at 10,000 years ago?
a. Jennifer Thompson of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas b. C. Loring Brace of the University of Michigan c. Barry Hewlett of Washington State University d. Jose Cuellar of San Francisco State University e. Don Johansson of University of Arizona
According to the Gini Index:
a. 40 percent of the people in the world live on less than $2 a day b. 50 percent of the people in the world are malnourished c. 43 percent of the people in the world do not have access to healthcare d. 16 percent of the people in the world currently are refugees due to poverty or politics
Social learning refers to learning by which of these methods?
a. Trial-and-error b. Instinct c. Enculturation d. Technological know-how