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.
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.
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
Stephen Jay Gould feared that sociobiology was too susceptible to political misapplication
a. True b. False