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Anthropology

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Question	Answer
E. Darwin stressed the importance of	selective breeding
the first hominid movement beyond africa was associated with	homo erectus
regular stone tool making originated with	homo habilis
proponents of the multi-regional hypothesis stress the importance of	gene flow
taxonomic lumpers see reality as	few broad species
grasping tails are only found among	new world monkeys
gloger's rule relates climate and	skin color
broca's area is associated with	language
which population may not have originated in africa?	homo floresiensis
according to the replacement hypothesis, modern h. sapiens emerged in many locales.	false
h. sapiens was the first species to ritually bury its dead	true
genetic drift favors the most adaptive traits	false
some modern humans carry Neanderthal genes	true
genetic drift is a random process	true
radiocarbon dating is totally useless for the study of the earliest hominids	true
according to Mendel, genes remain discrete rather than blending with each other	true
most primate species are/were arboreal	true
today, there are more species of apes than monkeys	false
neanderthal survival was limited by small brain size	false
chimps are more closely related to us than they are to gorillas	true
cladogenesis always involves breeding isolation	true
two (or more) species can merge to form new species	false
Lamarck argued that mutations occur because they are needed	true
Australopithecines possessed more sexual dimorphism than we do	true
In band societies, young adult females move to new bands while males stay at home	false
call systems normally reinforce non-verbal communication	true
unlike bands, tribal leadership is usually full-time	false
wild chimps make and use crude tools	true
Kanzi was taught by savage-rumbaugh to communicate with humans via sign language	false
the typical Baka society has about 200 members	false
socialization tends to promote ethnocentrism	true
the relatively rapid population growth in food producing societies is due, in part, to reduced concern for birth spacing	true
history was possible first in mesopotamia	true
chiefdoms are often warlike but lack professional soldiers	true
All chiefdoms have redistribution	true
the sumerians possessed a base-20 math system	false
typically, a chiefdom consists of several villages united under a single leader	true
homo sapiens was responsible for the first stage of the food producing revolution	true
the earliest writing system of the sumerians was phonetic	false
most chiefdoms have lived by	farming
reciprocity first appeared in	bands
wild chimps lack	languages
the sumerian "knowledge explosion" was made possibly by	occupational specialization
What is not found in all human societies?	food production
in chiefdoms, leaders tend to be	general purpose
neolithic food producing societies began to emerge about how many years ago?	11,000
proponents of the integrationist theory of state formation view states as	raising the living standard for everyone
kinesic communication includes	facial expressions
in band societies, a central value is normally that of	sharing
for the Yanomamo, cross cousins are normally acceptable marriage choices	true
the Inuit experienced both depopulation and relocation	true
after the initial wars, the major cause of death among native Tasmanians was starvation	false
the Xingu project took place in Peru	false
the wounded knee massacre victimized the northern Paiutes	false
genocide was the main policy in U.S. Indian boarding schools	false
all revitalization movements have pathways	true
mary's father's sister's son is Mary's parallel cousin	false
Nunavut is now an independent nation	false
For the Yanomamo societies, a girl belongs to her father's lineage	true
for the Yanomamo, alliances are the one long term and stable intertribal relationship	false
the cherokees were the first ethnic group relocated under the Indian Removal Act	false
Yanomamo women change their lineage membership upon marriage	false
the ghost dance assumed that non-indians would disappear	true
the Xingu project attempted to develop the native economy with a gradual introduction of money, wages, trade, etc.	false
the Leahy brothers were Christian missionaries among the highland tribes of New guinea	false
patrilineages normally contain roughly equal numbers of males and females	true
the ghost dance originated among the Choctaws	false
the Yanomamo practice endocannibalism as a way of showing respect for their dead	true
lineages are only found in pre-state societies	false
prior to colonialism, Tasmania was occupied by mutually hostile chiefdoms	false
most Yanomamo marriages are examples of tribal exogamy and lineage endogamy	false
cultural survival attempts to aid native peoples by easing them int the world economy	true
after initial hostilities, Tasmanian aboriginal cultures were able to "rebound" in the 20th century	false

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