What form of horticulture involves working the land for a short time, then leaving it idle for a few years?
A) shifting cultivation
B) monocropping
C) cash cropping
D) permanent cultivation
A
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Based on his observation that contact between neighboring tribes had existed since humanity's beginnings and covered enormous areas, Franz Boas argued
A. against treating cultures as isolated phenomena. B. that even the earliest foragers engaged in warfare. C. that language must have originated among the Neandertals. D. that biology, not culture, was responsible for the vast majority of human diversity. E. that general anthropologists were wrong to focus too much attention on biology.
Which of the following is a polymorphic trait in most human populations?
a. ABO blood type b. ADN macrosatellites c. PNS d. DHL e. HTC
There is evidence of modern-looking populations in Europe by:
A. 130,000 B.P. B. 100,000 B.P. C. 52,000 B.P. D. 38,000 B.P.
The characterization of polymorphism rates among populations can be useful to determine ______
a. the number of individuals constituting each population b. the cultural affiliation of individuals in a given population c. current selection forces d. past migration patterns