Match each type of feature with its definition:
1. shared ancestral features
2. shared derived features
3. autapomorphic feature
feature unique to a taxon 3
feature that appeared recently and is shared by a relatively small group of closely related taxa 2
feature that first appeared in the distant past and occurs in a large number of descendant populations 1
feature that first appeared in the distant past and occurs in a large number of descendant populations 1
feature that appeared recently and is shared by a relatively small group of closely related taxa 2
feature unique to a taxon 3
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A) cultural history, archaeology, historical linguistics, and participant observation. B) biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. C) paleontology, primatology, evolution, and archaeology. D) ethnology, ekistics, ecology, and ethnohistory. E) psychical anthropology, evolutionary anthropology, ecology, and ethnohistory.
If the cost of using an additional unit of capital equipment is $1,500 and the marginal product of a unit of capital is 7,500 units of output, this means that for each additional dollar spent on capital, there is a gain of ________ units of output.
A) 0.20 B) 2 C) 0.50 D) 5
Proto-monkeys became the most numerous primates during the Oligocene epoch.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which statement about culture change is false?
a. Cultures are always changing. b. Cultures change through the processes of diffusion and innovation. c. Cultures change more through invention than through diffusion. d. Anthropologists do not agree on the single most important cause of culture change. e. Culture change is important to cultural survival.