“Foraging”, sometimes called “hunting and gathering”, was the dominant pattern of human history for the longest period, several hundred thousand years, but it is also:
a. Thought to have accelerated soil erosion and led to the extinction of animals who relied on pasturage land.
b. The most spottily documented, forcing a reliance on comparative evidence provided by anthropologists for recent centuries.
c. The period during which hominins made the greatest strides toward perfecting the design and efficacy of their tools.
d. The period during which women began to emerge as the dominant figures in clan society, due to their power of giving birth.
b. The most spottily documented, forcing a reliance on comparative evidence provided by anthropologists for recent centuries.
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A) Eddie Murphy. B) Richard Pryor. C) Danny Glover. D) Chris Rock.
How did the black community interact with the abolitionist movement?
A) The black community largely ignored the abolitionist movement. B) The black community worked against and suppressed the abolitionist movement in the media. C) The black community physically attacked antislavery lectures and organizations. D) The black community supported and protected the abolitionist movement.
In Rahilly’s study parents became frustrated with _______ which presume certain behaviors and dispositions relative to particular sex categories but which do not align with those of their children.
a. school policies b. the dominant culture c. the medical system d. the gender truth regime
After its life as a passenger vessel, the Great Eastern was used in what important activity?
a) laying underwater cable for the new telegraph systems b) planting landmines to protect British harbors in the Crimean War Consider This: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship was exceptionally steady in heavy seas. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship. c) hauling the first industrial diamonds to England from African ports Consider This: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship was exceptionally steady in heavy seas. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship. d) transporting British troops around their global empire Consider This: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship was exceptionally steady in heavy seas. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship.