If stable isotope analysis is conducted on a human skeleton that during life consumed a diet rich in C4 plants such as maize and very little meat, then the isotopic ratios of the bones would show
a. a high ratio of 12C to 13C.
b. a high ratio of 13C to 12C.
c. a high ratio of 15N to 14N.
d. a high ratio of 13C to 15N.
e. a high ration of 14N to 15N.
b
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A) more diverse diet B) slower population growth C) socioeconomic equality D) declining health
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a. the humans angered the Madge-juenne, a grand rab, and she sent the faru rab to trouble them. b. modernization and globalization began to conflict with belief in spirits. c. humans needed land to grow more crops and began cutting down trees. d. the Senegalese fully embraced Islam and turned their backs on their traditional belief systems.
Marx argued that socioeconomic stratification was based on the sharp, simple division between successful Protestant industrialists and poor Catholic peasants.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
There are more anthropologists working today to influence public policy decisions than there were 50 years ago
a. True b. False