Molecular anthropology

A. studies early hominins through fossil remains.
B. uses archaeological survey techniques to gather its data.
C. uses microscopic phytolithic analysis to study molecular evolution.
D. uses genetic analysis of a DNA sequence to assess evolutionary links.
E. is the specialty of the most important member of an archaeological excavation project.


Answer: D

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A. outside conquest. B. disease. C. flood. D. None of the answers are correct.

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Among the Yanomami, as in many societies with unilineal descent, sex with cross cousins is proper but sex with parallel cousins is considered incestuous. Why?

a: the Yanomami consider parallel cousins to be relatives, whereas cross cousins are actual or potential affinals b: among the yanomami, the cross cousins are actually the parallel cousins c: the Yanomami, as well as members of other societies with unilineal descent, share a gene that impedes them from having sex with parallel cousins d: this behavior is a human universal e: the yanomami consider cross cousins closer relatives than all other kin

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People from the same culture can predict one another's behavior because ______

a. culture determines behavior b. culture conditions behavior c. all people in any given society accept exactly the same rules for behavior d. all people in any given society have exactly the same ideas e. culture groups are programmed to imitate each other

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What is industrial alienation? What kinds of activities are most likely to be associated with alienation? Which activities in our own society are most alienating? Which are least so?

What will be an ideal response?

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