What purpose might the caches of stone tools and stones for toolmaking left at various sites in East Africa serve for the hominins who made them?
A) They were depositories of tools, which were used as a symbol of wealth.
B) They were religious offerings.
C) They were accidentally left in piles and served no purpose.
D) They facilitated recurrent food collecting and processing at the site.
D) They facilitated recurrent food collecting and processing at the site.
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The orangutans found in Borneo tend to lead a solitary existence because they have to forage far and wide for sufficient food. In contrast, fruits and insects are sufficiently abundant in the swamps of Sumatra to sustain groups of adult orangs and permit coordinated group travel. Thus, we can say that:
a. orangutans in Sumatra tend to be heavier because they don't have to search so hard for food. b. a solitary existence is a function of habitat productivity. c. habitat productivity promotes harmony. d. gregariousness is a function of habitat productivity. e. coordinated group travel is a function of lack of habitat productivity.
Despite differences arising from environmental variation, all foraging economies have shared one essential feature:
A. their reliance on available natural resources for their subsistence, rather than controlling the reproduction of plants and animals. B. their willingness to test out new food-producing technologies to see if they are any better than what they are used to. C. their interest in developing irrigation technologies to control sources of water. D. their emphasis on devising new forms of organic pesticides. E. their reliance on welfare supplied by state-level societies.
What is the perspective of historical particularism?
What will be an ideal response?
The main difference between egalitarian and ranked societies is that in ranked societies
a. there are marked differences in wealth between the classes. b. an individual’s social rank is not influenced by his or her kinship relations. c. there are a limited number of formal positions that grant authority. d. leadership statuses are less formal and more open to all.