Faunal correlation is a method used to date fossil localities through the use of __________

A. radioactive isotopes
B. minute, male reproductive parts of plants
C. stratigraphy
D. animal remains


Answer: D

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Balanced reciprocity: a. is part of a long-term process in which nothing is specified about what is expected in return or when it isexpected

b. involves the expectation of a specific and immediate exchange. c. usually occurs between members of different communities who may have a hostile, distrustful relationship. d. is exemplified by your stopping to give a stranger a lift, and replying, when he thanks you, "Pass it on to thenext stranger you meet who needs your help.". e. does not occur in industrial societies.

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Functions of political organizations in society do NOT include __________

a. settling disputes b. organizing activities c. selecting leaders d. developing new technology

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Which of these statements best explains why anthropologists are so interested in the question of whether or not gender hierarchy is universal? a. The existence of societies with gender equality would prove that anthropologists should be working forgreater gender equality in other cultures

b. If many cultures currently have or have had gender equality, this would indicate that modern societies couldachieve gender equality. c. The fact that other cultures have gender equality could be used as evidence that societies with a genderhierarchy are backwards or primitive. d. None of these; anthropologists are not particularly concerned with the question of equality.

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Which of the following does NOT occur in moving along the cultivation continuum?

A. Population density increases. B. Societies become more egalitarian. C. Village size increases. D. Villages are located closer together. E. Land is used more intensively.

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