Recently a new method of potassium-argon dating, called single-crystal fusion, has been developed. This method has an advantage over the traditional potassium-argon dating in that it can be used to:

A. date organic material
B. reduce the effects of contamination
C. date smaller samples
D. reduce the effects of contamination and date smaller samples


D. reduce the effects of contamination and date smaller samples

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All of the following are characteristics of cultural symbols except:

a. They contain condensed meanings. b. They are used to create meaning. c. They can be both objects and ideas. d. They are used to store information. e. They are easily defined.

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Today, in the United States, there are skyrocketing rates of all of the following conditions due to lifestyle practices except:?

a. heart disease
b. diabetes
c. obesity
d. albinism

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What features are associated with the primate's acute sense of vision?

What will be an ideal response?

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A basic premise of nineteenth-century evolutionism was

A) that contemporary societies represented the decline of culture from a golden age. B) that matriarchy evolved at a later stage of society than patriarchy. C) that human societies everywhere were evolving along the same lines. D) that no survivals from the past could be found in modern societies. E) that different human societies were evolving along different lines.

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