The attitude of many African pastoralist societies toward cattle can best be explained by the fact that
A) cattle symbolize the state.
B) cattle are worshiped as the are in India.
C) cattle are essential for transport.
D) cattle perform important tasks in agriculture.
E) cattle are capital, savings, and consumer goods all in one.
E
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a. True b. False
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a. human physiology does not change through time b. diets, and therefore human biology, change through time c. lifestyles do not change over time d. surfing has a long history among Homo sapiens e. consuming the wrong foods over time has little impact on population health
Which of these statements best describes terrestrial monkeys?
A. "They are smaller than arboreal monkeys." B. "They have prehensile tails." C. "They do not have tails." D. "They have more sexual dimorphism than arboreal monkeys." E. "The core social group is made up of males."
One of the problems with efforts at development based on recreating the historical experience of the wealthy nations is that:
a. They generally fail to consider the biologically based differences among human beings. b. They often fail to consider that much of the wealth of the industrialized nations was based on exploiting the poor nations. c. They assume that people are motivated solely by the pursuit of wealth and that education is not necessary to development. d. They fail to understand the true extent of poverty in the world's poorest nations. e. They assume that there is no connection between development programs and the political objectives of the wealthy nations.