Define the concept of role

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Role is a social position in a group, with its associated and reciprocal rights (privileges) and duties (obligations).

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In understanding the problems that have arisen in attempts at human racial classification, why is it important to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype?

A. Although phenotypic characteristics may change, the genetic material of populations stays the same for a long time. B. Attempts at human racial classification typically used phenotypic traits like skin color as markers of common ancestry, but many such traits do not reflect the existence of shared genetic material. C. Attempts at human racial classification have typically used genotypic traits like blood type as markers of common ancestry, and these traits are passed on from generation to generation in discrete bundles. D. The phenotypical traits used to classify humans into races go together as genetic units. E. Phenotypical similarities and differences always have a genetic basis.

Anthropology & Archaeology

The most complete remains of an early African anthropoid is a new species of Biretia that

a. is dated to 37 mya. b. weighs over 150 lbs. c. was a diurnal primate based on its large orbits. d. exhibits dental morphology typical of lemuriforms. e. was placed into the extinct superfamily Peptobismoidea.

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The term for the study of communication as it occurs within a particular cultural context, considering such features as the participant's settings and the participant's attitudes and goals is __________

a. sociolinguistics b. ethnosemantics c. ethnography of communication d. componential analysis

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What archaeological evidence can be used to support interpretations of either a food-producing revolution or a gradual transition from foraging to strategies that relied more heavily on domesticated plants and animals?

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