Polyandry is a marriage system where

What will be an ideal response?


a woman has several husbands.

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Where do new variations come from?

a. changes in the genetic material b. point mutations c. chromosomal mutations d. all of these

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The last sacral vertebra of Proconsul africanus indicates that the animal:

A. was a quadruped B. had no tail C. was bipedal D. none of these

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What purpose do woman-woman marriages serve in Nuer society?

a. They recognize homosexual couples. b. They make it possible for women to form economic units without men. c. They allow a woman to act as a husband so that a lineage without an heir can produce one. d. They allow for the creation of female lineages.

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Among the Toda of South India, there tends to be:

A) fraternal polyandry. B) maternal polyandry. C) fraternal polygyny. D) maternal polygyny. E) monogamy.

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