The Acheulean hand ax, shaped like a teardrop, represents a predetermined shape based on a template in the mind of the toolmaker. Evidence for such a mental template in the archaeological record suggests a cognitive leap between earlier hominins and H. erectus.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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In Asia, premodern human fossils sites include
a. Bodo b. Atapuerca c. Jinniushan d. Arago e. Swanscombe
Temples in Mesopotamia were:
A. associated with storage facilities. B. redistribution centers for agricultural produce and craft goods. C. used for religious purposes. D. places that provided help after floods, dust storms, or crop failures. E. All of the answers are correct.
Lewis Henry Morgan is well known for his work League of the Iroquois, considered anthropology's earliest ethnography. This and others of his works illustrate his view of unilinear evolutionism, which is that
A. cultural diversity was actually a sign of the slowing down of cultural evolution. B. all societies are on some path toward civilization, but the exact paths vary. C. natural selection acts simultaneously on the biological and cultural aspects of human life. D. only the better and more civilized societies could survive. E. there is one line or path through which all societies have to evolve, and this path involves specific stages that cannot be skipped, ending at the final stage of civilization.
Anthropologists maintain that there is more to art than an attempt to express oneself. What other feature is characteristic of art?
A) It holds cultural meaning. B) It marks the social status of the maker. C) It is expensive to own and display. D) It shows mastery of a skill.