Describe generalized reciprocity

What will be an ideal response?


The giving of goods without expectation of a return of a gift of equal value at any definite future time.

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Which of the following would be best described as a secular ritual?

a. Christmas b. Independence Day c. Easter d. Lent

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Microevolution refers to any change in the frequency of alleles in the gene pool of a population. 2. Out of a population of 1,340,997 people, an earthquake kills 3,120 people only because those people happened to be in buildings that were destroyed by the earthquake. This illustrates that the earthquake was a selective agent. 3. People in Africa were dying of malaria, so the sickle-cell allele came into being. 4. A female's reproductive success is most limited by access to males. 5. Sexual dimorphism is a result of intrasexual selection.

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Sedentism preceded plant domestication in which area?

A. the Levant B. highland South America C. highland Mesoamerica D. Japan

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Omens are signs that can be interpreted

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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