A study of the garbage that people throw away may reveal more about their lifestyles than surveys and interviews because __________
A. garbage is easier to analyze than survey data
B. people may not accurately report their behaviors
C. fieldwork in garbage dumps is less expensive
D. surveys and interviews are done by sociologists
Answer: B
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b. Culture within a society is not uniform across individuals. c. Every known human society exhibits culture. d. Most, but not all, societies give cultural meaning to differences between the sexes.
The extensive form of horticulture in which the natural vegetation is cut, the slash is subsequently burned, and crops then planted among the ashes is known as slash-and-burn cultivation. It is also called:
a. intensive agriculture. b. complex farming. c. simple agronomy. d. swidden farming. e. extensive cultivation.
Proponents of "creation science" hold that their ideas are absolute and infallible
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Some paleoanthropologists see the specimens that make up Homo habilis as really belonging to two separate species, H. habilis and:
A. H. rudolfensis B. H. ergaster C. H. leakyi D. H. erectus