The theory proposed by nineteenth century anthropologists (Tylor, Frazer, Morgan) that all cultures naturally evovle through the same sequence of stages from simple to complex. They plotted the world's culture on a continuum from savage-barbarian-civilized.
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Unlineal cultural evolution
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Describe at least four major species in our evolution in terms of their physical characteristics and when they lived.
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A ritual in which an individual seeks visions through starvation, dehydration, and exposure, used in some cultures to communicate with the supernatural world, is
a. a vision quest. b. shamanism. c. totemism. d. sympathetic magic. e. common in ancient societies, but altogether banned in modern societies.
Disease cannot exist in the absence of illness
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Among the Comanche, the system for resolving a case of wife-stealing may require the plaintiff to ask for assistance from a number of different people, including a war chief if necessary. This system is an example of which type of legal system?
a. The mediator form of self-help systems b. The familial form of self-help systems c. An incipient court system d. A court system