Archaeologists can determine whether status was conferred at birth or later in life by __________.

A) studying children’s burials
B) comparing schools in different neighborhoods
C) analyzing the teeth of children and adults
D) describing children’s toys and clothing


A) studying children’s burials

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Economic anthropologists have been concerned with two main questions, one focusing on systems of human behavior and the other on the individuals who participate in those systems. The first question is: How are production, distribution, and consumption organized in different societies? The second question is:

A. Why has the myth of the profit-maximizing individual been so pervasive, despite evidence to the contrary? B. What are the best ways to convince individuals in funding agencies of the value of ethnographic knowledge in the realm of economics? C. What encourages overconsumption in Western economies? D. What motivates people in different cultures to produce, distribute or exchange, and consume? E. What has been the impact of globalization at the level of individuals?

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Remains of H. erectus have been found only on three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Consider how your life is different from that of our Paleolithic ancestors or those of the most recent foragers. How many of those differences have to do with the fact that you live in a state-organized society?

What will be an ideal response?

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The earliest anatomically modern human specimen comes from Omo Kibish (Ethiopia) dating approximately 195,000ya

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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