What term refers to languages that have descended from the same ancestral language?

A. Descendant languages
B. Sibling languages
C. Daughter languages
D. Brother languages
E. Protolanguages


C. Daughter languages

Anthropology & Archaeology

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In ethnomusicology, which of the following questions would NOT usually be classified as a characteristic of the music itself?

a. How is the music learned? b. How is the music composed? c. What is the nature of the musical text itself? d. How does the musical style vary? e. What types of musical instrument are used in a culture?

Anthropology & Archaeology

Anthropologists study primates primarily to understand the behavior and evolution of the

a. howler monkey. b. bonobo. c. orangutan. d. human primate.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Which of the following is NOT a reason the upper class in the United States has considerable power?

a. It owns the means of production. b. It controls the media. c. It has enormous political influence. d. It is the main source of soft money contributions to political campaigns. e. It comprises about 20 percent of the U.S. population.

Anthropology & Archaeology

What is the importance of the discoveries at Laetoli in terms of our understanding of human evolution?

What will be an ideal response?

Anthropology & Archaeology