Richard Wrangham’s study of young chimpanzees led to the startling conclusion that chimpanzees ______
a. sometimes eat poisonous foods
b. often overeat and gorge themselves on new leaves
c. occasionally eat substances solely for medicinal benefit
d. always eat the same foods and do not vary their diet
e. frequently carry out extended fasts for health reasons
ANSWER:
c
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a. populations continue to expand much faster than people leave b. the best educated and most highly skilled segments of society usually migrate c. labor migrants rarely send money back to their home country d. there is no relationship between migration and poverty
Which of the following would a materialist be likely to study in trying to understand the events of 9/11?
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More recent approaches in historical anthropology, while sharing an interest in power with world-system theorists, have focused more on
A. local agency, the transformative actions of individuals and groups within colonized societies. B. the structural causes of colonialism. C. how anthropological theory can aid NGOs in writing an alternate history of oppressed peoples. D. the state's role in denying some of its citizens a place in history. E. the role of colonial bureaucracies in shaping international culture.