Which of these statements are true, according to our current understanding of the fossil record?
a. Males have always been the dominant sex.
b. Females used to be the dominant sex.
c. Males and females used to be relatively egalitarian.
d. It is impossible to determine social dominance from the fossil record.
d
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Which statement concerning polygenic traits is not true?
a. ?They are continuous traits. b. ?They are governed by more than one genetic locus. c. ?The alleles have an additive effect on the phenotype, intensifying the genes. d. ?The most frequently discussed are skin, hair, and eye color. e. ?Their expression is often influenced by genetic/environmental interactions.
As a prelude to social interaction, Apache hosts feel compelled to offer their guest:
a. cattle. b. beer. c. food. d. small gifts. e. seats.
Which of these is most likely to be a task for anthropological linguists?
a. Analyzing the pattern of sounds in the Mandarin Chinese language b. Studying why adults have greater difficulty making some sounds than others c. Examining how different forms of the same language are used in different social contexts d. None of these is a task for anthropological linguistics
Which of the following research projects would not belong to the province of linguistic anthropology?
a. Learning about a culture by finding out which objects or events are associated with a large vocabulary b. Reconstructing the evolution of the big toe to find out at what time humans began to walk upright c. Comparing languages to see which ones can be traced back to a single unifying language d. Describing how, in a particular language, sounds are combined to form words and how words are combined to form sentences e. Studying the development and use of profanity in middle-school conversation