How can we best characterize the physical differences between humans and apes?
a. differences of degree
b. differences of kind
c. differences of size
d. differences of definition
a
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What is the major cause of the disappearance of native languages?
A) They are not able to create new terms to keep up with technological advances. B) Most nations have outlawed the use of indigenous languages. C) The languages are no longer being taught to children. D) It is nearly impossible to learn a language without an associated writing system.
Studies of primates have shown that:
A. only humans display any signs of cultural behavior B. only humans are capable of learning from experience C. only humans display any signs of cultural behavior and only humans are capable of learning from experience D. monkeys and apes display the beginning aspects of culture
To explain why human evolution would proceed gradually and in the same direction in various parts of the Old World, multiregional theorists point to cultural improvements in ______________
a. clothing b. hunting tools and cooking technology c. teeth care d. language and communication
In grouping organisms together in a cladistic classification, the most important characteristics are those that are:
a. derived (modified). b. analogous. c. primitive. d. classified. e. ancestral.