The most usual kinship structure in tribal societies is __________

a. bilateral descent
b. a kindred
c. unilineal descent
d. nuclear families


Answer: c

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Bipedalism has traditionally been viewed as an adaptation to open grassland or savanna country, although Ardipithecus lived in a humid woodland habitat. Perhaps bipedalism developed in the woodlands but became even more adaptive in a savanna habitat

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Heterozygous carriers of Tay-Sachs disease may have had a reproductive advantage due to __________

a. cultural factors b. resistance to other disease(s) c. random selective factors d. acclimatization

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Huntington's disease is an example of a __________

a. disease caused by mutation b. polyglutamine expansion disease c. trinucleotide repeat disease d. all of these

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