Chiefs have some power to control economic labor and __________
a. kinship alliances of families under them
b. distribution of resources
c. religious ideology
d. family life
Answer: b
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a. redistribution. b. neo-liberalism. c. subsistence. d. allocation of resources.
Unlike nonhuman primates, dogs are unable to comprehend human pointing, but they do have joint attention with humans
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have adaptive value outside of biological concerns?
A. It was an important causal factor in the origin of social stratification. B. Exogamy is not adaptive; it is just a cultural construction. C. It impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion. D. It creates new social ties and alliances, providing access to more resources and social networks. E. It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population.
Large game animals of the Upper Paleolithic period were known as __________ megafauna.
A) Paleocene B) Pleistocene C) Pliocene D) Eocene