Nonviolence among the Semai is presented in the text as:
a. a pattern of behavior.
b. individualized behavior.
c. a gender norm for women.
d. similar to the aggression of the Yanomamo.
A
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a. True b. False
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a. Taphonomy b. Paleontology c. Geology d. Stratigraphy
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a. women receiving the right to vote b. increasingly flexible roles for men in society c. full equality for women with men d. the surprising reinforcement of traditional gender roles
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A. how religion can play a prominent role in cultural ecology. B. the dangers of extending the realm of religion to nature. C. how nonhuman primates also have a capacity for religion, although it is very limited. D. the fact that religion is evolutionarily adaptive. E. the dangers that religious effervescence can pose to the environment if it is not contained.