Anthropology is a science, yet it has been suggested that anthropology is among the most humanistic of all academic fields. This is because
A. its main object of study is humans.
B. its findings are best expressed with the tools of the humanities.
C. it puts so much emphasis on the study of culture that cannot be studied scientifically.
D. the field, particularly in the United States, traces its origins to philosophy and literature.
E. of its fundamental respect for human diversity.
Answer: E
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A. There are no present-day foragers. B. The types of foraging vary so widely that few generalizations can be drawn. C. Present-day foragers have been in contact with food-producing and industrialized societies for long periods of time and all live within nation-states that inevitably affect their livelihood. D. Paleolithic foragers were pre-linguistic. E. Paleolithic foragers were not Homo sapiens.
Intelligence characteristics are:
a. inherited as a group of characteristics b. independently inherited c. inherited based on race d. inherited by alternate generations
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a. forced women to find wage labor b. resulted in most of the food that was grown by the Luo going to the British c. could not be paid only by labor d. forced heads of households to seek wage labor in order to earn cash
Specialized tools associated with the Mesolithic occur thousands of years earlier in Africa than in other parts of the world
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.