Bilineal kinship is more characteristic of foraging and industrial/digital societies than of the other three modes of livelihood

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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Which is not true about the Teshik-Tash remains?

a. They show evidence of hybridization. b. The remains are a child not considered at first to be clearly a Neandertal. c. They include tools of the Mousterian industry. d. They have recently been evaluated using DNA analysis. e. They demonstrate dispersion to central Asia.

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Although the incest taboo is a cultural universal, cultures define incest differently. For example, in many cultures it is incestuous to marry parallel cousins but not cross cousins. What is the difference?

A. Parallel cousins are socially recognized relatives, but cross cousins are true biological cousins. B. Parallel cousins are true biological cousins, whereas cross cousins are simply socially recognized relatives. C. The children of two brothers or two sisters are parallel cousins. The children of a brother and a sister are cross cousins. D. The children of a brother and a sister are parallel cousins. The children of two brothers or two sisters are cross cousins. E. There is no symbolic difference between the two, only a biological difference.

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In the excerpt from the novel Fragments of Memory, Hanna Mina describes the plight of __________ in his homeland

a. child laborers b. hunters and gatherers c. miners d. sharecroppers

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The Hawaiian form of kinship is the least complex

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

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