Prehensile (grasping) tails are characteristic traits of
A. lemurs.
B. Old World monkeys.
C. tarsiers.
D. New World monkeys.
E. pongids.
Answer: D
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a. Making conversion an economic and political advantage by giving money to converts at trading posts b. Settling previously nomadic communities at permanent settlements near ports and trading posts c. Favoring converted Indians through trade and military alliances d. Absolving all converts of sin and teaching them to be proud of their culture and heritage
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
All of the following are examples of cultural practices acting as an agent for biological selection except:
a. people diagnosed with diabetes taking a medicine prescribed by physicians become as biologically fit as anyone else b. people of low financial status who are unable to purchase medication prescribed by physicians affecting biological fitness c. an inherited trait that affects biological fitness d. greater lactose tolerance in populations contributing significantly to diet
According to Gmelch's article, "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," when his students do fieldwork in rural Barbadian communities
a. they fail to recognize that such communities are homogeneous. b. they ignore the fact that class distinctions may be present in such communities. c. they should expect to be looked down on by villagers. d. they will be embraced warmly by the villagers.