Biological anthropologists are interested in nonhuman primates because __________
a. we share a common ancestry
b. studying their evolutionary history can teach us about evolutionary processes in general
c. because they are intrinsically interesting
d. all of these
Answer d
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The Inuit song battle is
A. sometimes the occasion for a "treacherous feast." B. a widespread feature of tribal society. C. a ritualized means of designating hunting lands. D. a means of resolving disputes so as to forestall open conflict. E. used to initiate colonial strategies.
Charles Lyell's 1865 book The Geologic Evidences for the Antiquity of Man was important because it:
a. Documented the fact that humans had lived with now-extinct animals in the distant past. b. Provided evidence that humans had been on the earth for a far shorter time than other scholars of the time suggested. c. Argued for an extremely young age of the earth (not more than 6000 years old). d. Finally showed that the "ancient ax heads" discovered in river gravels were nothing more than naturally fractured river cobbles. e. Showed that the remote antiquity of humankind would not be accepted by the scientific community
In order to confirm that Neandertals had built a bear shrine in Drachenlock Cave, archaeologists would need to find __________
A. cave paintings of bears B. small chambers in the far recesses of caves that contained "religious objects," primarily clay figures of bears C. a purposeful arrangement of bear skulls in the cave D. clear associations between Neandertal tools and the bear bones
Analysis of DNA can aid scientists in __________
a. establishing how bones arrived at a site b. repetitive activities individuals performed before they died c. osteology d. investigating relationships among population groups