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Anthropology
anthropology notes
| 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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