Which of the following is NOT a feature of modern primates?

a. nails instead of claws
b. a grasping, opposable first toe
c. a bony bar around the eye socket
d. verbal speech


d

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In the 1960s, a linguistic-based approach to ethnography used language to explore a culture's system of categorization. What was this approach called?

a. cognitive anthropology b. ethnoscience c. ethnosemantics e. componential analysis

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In the context of social groups, dominance hierarchies

a. are maintained by females ONLY. b. are maintained by males ONLY. c. are present in all primate species. d. impose a certain amount of order within the group. e. have not been studied by primatologists.

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The increase of women with HIV/AIDS often is a result of

a. lack of education on sexually transmitted diseases b. refusal of males to wear condoms c. the lack of power women have in their society. d. The cultural expectation to sleep with one’s husband, regardless of infedilities. e. All of these.

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Of the sites listed below, which one is the Homo erectus site that provides the longest record of habitation?

a. Trinil b. Swartkrans c. Zhoukoudian d. West Turkana e. Laetoli

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