The genus Australopithecus is characterized by:

A. marked postorbital constriction
B. thick postcranial bones
C. large incisors relative to the other teeth
D. thick cranial bones


A. marked postorbital constriction

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Which of the following is NOT among contemporary rites of passage?

A. initiation B. fasting C. baptism D. marriage E. bat mitzvah

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Although the concept of race has no _________ basis, it still has a significant _________ impact

a. ethnic; evolutionary b. evolutionary; ethnic c. scientific; social d. social; scientific

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Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

A. anthropologists promoting the study of their field among university undergraduates B. anthropologists practicing participant observation and taking photographs of ritualistic behavior C. anthropologists' work on the contrasts between urban and rural communities D. anthropologists collaborating with nongovernmental organizations in the 1980s E. anthropologists aiding colonial expansion by providing ethnographic information to colonists

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One of the stated goals of public anthropology is to

A. promote anthropology as a career, especially to minorities. B. oppose policies that promote injustice. C. encourage academic anthropologists to become applied anthropologists. D. restrict the publication of research papers to professional journals. E. refrain from discussion of social issues in the media.

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