Women's political representation has __________ in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union
a. been outlawed
b. been legalized
c. increased
d. decreased
d
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Which of the following statements about the recent discovery of the world's oldest child, dubbed "Lucy's Baby," is FALSE?
A. The fossil suggests that the child died because her brain, which appears to have been larger than an average chimp brain at that age, was too large for her slowly developing skull. B. The fossil supports the theory that Au. afarensis walked upright on two legs but still retained an apelike upper body, including two complete shoulder blades similar to a gorilla's, so it could have been better at climbing than are humans. C. Her remains, which are amazingly complete, include a remarkably well-preserved skull, baby teeth, tiny fingers, a torso, a foot, and a kneecap. D. She is a member of Au. afarensis. E. The 3.3-million-year-old fossilized toddler was uncovered in northern Ethiopia.
Franz Boas is the undisputed father of four-field U.S. anthropology. One of his most important and enduring contributions to anthropology was
A. the field's earliest example of multitimed and multisited ethnography. B. stressing the relevance of independent invention in human cultural history. C. providing evidence that both biology and culture are susceptible to evolutionary forces, thus providing a framework for the comparative method. D. showing that human biology is plastic, and that biology (including race) does not determine culture. E. expanding the local ethnographic focus to include a regional perspective.
Researchers have identified six different modes of Mendelian inheritance
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When an anthropologist is discussing culturally specific definitions of what is or is not art, she is talking about the concept of:
a. esthetic bias b. ethno-esthetics c. esthetic perception d. ethnic-bias