Ethnic categories may be based on socially perceived differences in
A) historical origins.
B) religion.
C) descent.
D) language.
E) all of the above.
E
You might also like to view...
Most anthropologists today
a. utilize evolutionary theory. b. utilize neoevolutionary theory. c. use materialist approaches that emphasize technology. d. focus primarily on ethnoscience. e. do not tie themselves to a single theoretical orientation
Paleoanthropologist Owen Lovejoy argues that bipedalism arose because __________
A. early hominins needed to make and use tools in order to survive on the open savannas of Africa B. early hominins found it necessary to see over the high grass on the savannas to identify both predators and food sources C. it conferred a crucial adaptive advantage on the ability to transport food back to a mate, which in turn allowed the female to increase in quality and quantity of care given to infants D. it allowed the early hominins to run from their major predators with ease and agility on the open savannas and woodlands during the Pliocene
The ties on which kinship systems are based:
a. Are scientifically accurate reflections of biological ties. b. Are culturally specified ties that rest on biological and conjugal relationships. c. Are defined culturally and have no relationship at all to biological ties. d. Are remembered only in societies that have developed writing. e. Are understood only by members of a society.
In his comparison of rural and urban communities, Redfield found that cultural innovations spread from urban areas to rural ones
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.