In Malawi, babies are breastfed for only six months before mothers begin to wean them onto a gruel made from water and rice flour
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Many scientists believe that the loss of the megafauna at the end of the Pleistocene was due to overhunting. What factor gives reason to question this hypothesis?
A) The population of humans at the time was far too low to have had such an effect on mammal populations. B) Many birds went extinct around the same time, and there was no evidence that they were hunted. C) There is evidence that Pleistocene people scavenged, rather than hunted, for their meat. D) The megafauna did not go extinct; rather, the changing climate at the time favored smaller variants of these species.
The Kula ring is a form of barter in which no actual trade takes place
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Neandertals made clothes, developed elaborate tools, and hunted reindeer, mammoths, and woolly rhinos in order to survive in the cold European climate
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The Tohono O'odham oppose the construction of a border fence between Mexico and the U.S. because:
a. They are Mexicans and want to have open access to both countries. b. Their families live along the border, and their homes will be destroyed by its construction because it is proposed along their settlement path. c. They own the land where the border will be constructed and do not want to sell to the U.S. government because it will leave them without territory. d. They are concerned that their traditional way of life, including their rituals, will be affected by the land closure. e. They are revolutionaries who oppose the creation of a nation-state through territorial boundaries.