What is a polymerase chain reaction?

a. It is a technique for creating extra copies of DNA for laboratory study.
b. It is a technique for cloning the individual and recreating the life context.
c. It is a way to extract DNA from fossil material, even though carbon particles no longer remain.
d. It is a chemical reaction that releases the fossil from a matrix.
e. It is an excavation technique that allows archaeologists to sift through material quickly.


a

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Most African slaves found in the burial ground in New York died early. Few lived past the age of:

a. 15. b. 25. c. 40. d. 50. e. 65.

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How does a big man increase his status?

A. Big men do not keep the wealth they accumulate; instead, they redistribute it to create and maintain alliances with political supporters. B. Big men are village heads who are trying to turn their achieved status into something more permanent; the standard way of doing this is through conspicuous symbolic displays of wealth. C. The primary means of becoming a big man is the wearing of a tonowi shell necklace, which is imported from the coast and is therefore quite expensive by Kapauku standards. D. The term big man refers to the liminal state a Kapauku youth enters before marriage; he accumulates wealth as a way of funding the wedding and paying the bride price. E. Big men are typically war leaders, and as such must have a standing supply of "grievance gifts" to compensate the families of warriors who die under their command.

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Humans are unusual among mammals in our __________.

A) close connections between mothers and their infants B) long post-reproductive life span for females C) high lifetime reproductive rates in males D) tendency to live in social groups of unrelated adults

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Stephen Jay Gould feared that sociobiology was too susceptible to political misapplication

a. True b. False

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