Linguistic anthropologist Robbins Burling argues that some of the earliest instances of language use might have been:
a. generating calls, rather than comprehending them.
b. comprehending calls, rather than generating them.
c. closing calls, rather than opening them.
d. inventing folktales and tall tales.
b
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A) It has the same meaning in nearly all languages. B) The word’s meaning is the opposite of what it sounds like. C) One cannot just guess the meaning from the sound. D) The meaning of the word has changed over the years.
At the beginning of the Eocene epoch, North America and Europe were connected, and they shared many species in common
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. ?the post cranial skeleton. b. ?weight. c. ?bipedal posture. d. ?height. e. cranial size.
The first person to categorize human beings in the same order ("primates") as apes and monkeys was:
A. Carolus Linnaeus, 1758 B. Charles Darwin, 1859 C. Francis Crick, 1953 D. Human beings are not categorized as primates.