What factor predicts male-female bonding among birds and mammals?
A) whether or not a female can simultaneously provide for herself and her babies
B) greater female sexuality and higher levels of male competition
C) an extended infant dependency period
D) a gendered division of labor between food gathering and defending a home territory
Answer: A
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Which of the following is known to be true of Shoshone pottery?
a. It appears suddenly in many parts of the Desert West at about 700 BP and similar pottery is manufactured until about 150 BP. b. The pottery was introduced by a migrating Shoshone population that replaced existing desert populations. c. The shift to pottery manufacture by Shoshone people was a direct result of changing environmental conditions that made ceramic vessels more efficient. d. It was made by the Shoshone people until about 1500. e. As a time marker it tells us why the pottery was made.
Which of the following is true about the differences between the genera Australopithecus and Homo?
a. Only members of the genus Homo have clearly used tools. b. Hominins in the genus Homo have a smaller braincase. c. Hominins in the genus Homo more prognathic faces. d. Australopithecines have smaller canines.
Most anthropologists agree on the date that the evolution into Homo sapiens took
place. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Analysis of animal bones and teeth from an archaeological site can tell us
A. how many animals lived at the site. B. what kinds of animals lived at the site. C. how many people lived at the site. D. what kinds of seeds people ate.