Stephen Jay Gould feared that sociobiology was too susceptible to political misapplication
a. True
b. False
Answer a
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Pastoralism is mainly found in areas that are too dry to support human populations through agriculture
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The archaeological record suggests that the
A) modern humans are far more aggressive than other, archaic populations were B) Neandertals were violently exterminated by invading modern humans C) replacement of archaic humans by anatomically modern people was generally nonviolent D) Neandertals and invading modern people interbred extensively E) Neandertals were more skillful hunters than Cro-Magnon people and therefore only disease and warfare could have killed off the Neandertals
According to Robert Carneiro, when a population is circumscribed, all of the following will happen except:
a. it is prevented from expanding. b. members must compete for scarce resources. c. it will develop a more egalitarian structure. d. an elite is likely to emerge that controls access to resources. e. it is likely to become centrally organized to fight more effectively with other societies to gain more resources.
Which of the following is an example of a hypothesis?
A) Kinship terminology is associated with marital patterns. B) Democracy is the best form of government. C) We will interview 400 people for this study. D) Our data support the idea that English and German are in the same language family.