What is meant by the term “ethnic group”?

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER:
It is a population whose members self-identify (and/or are identified) as living a distinctive cultural life. They share an ethnic identity.

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Anthropologists have found that almost 94 percent of human variation occurs within each of the major geographic (continental) racial groups, while only 6 percent of the variation is attributable to differences among these racial groups

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Ardipithecus kadabba was classified as a hominin on the basis of:

A. evidence of erect bipedalism B. the flatness of the face C. an analysis of the teeth D. all of these

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A theory is:

A. a speculative statement C. the same as a hypothesis D. the same as a fact

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According to Noam Chomsky, _________ is the most essential aspect of spoken language

a. semantics b. a phoneme c. diction d. grammar

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