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ANTH 161 | EVERY QUESTION SOLVED | EVERY
SCORE SECURED!

Anthropologists study which of the following? - answer: humankind in all its forms
across all time



What was the result of the scopes monkey trial? - answer: scopes was found guilty of
teaching evolution and lost his job.



In the mid-1800s, darwin's on the origin of species introduced what new idea? - answer:
human variation is the product of the interaction between biology and the environment



Science is a(n) __________, not a __________. - answer: process; result



After september 11, 2001, ____________ helped to identify the remains of the victims
to bring closure to grieving families. - answer: former anthropologist



Scientific hypotheses are __________. - answer: falsifiable



If you are interested in studying the role that language plays in shaping culture, you may
consult what type of anthropologist? - answer: linguistic



Aristotle believed in the "immutability of species." this means he felt that species
__________. - answer: are fixed and unchanging



The artifacts and implements of our daily lives are collectively referred to as
__________. - answer: material culture




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, How did renaissance thinkers, such as galileo galilei, best contribute to the progression
of science? - answer: they performed research that laid a foundation for an academic
discipline devoted to the scientific understanding of the human condition.



Ethnology is considered a subfield of __________. - answer: cultural anthropology



What did malthus observe relative to populations in the natural world? - answer:
population size remains roughly stable.



Which of the following is most likely to be conducted by a cultural anthropologist? -
answer: a comparison of wedding rituals



What was one possible reason evolutionary thought remained stifled in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries? - answer: naturalists still tried to fit their observations of the
natural world into church doctrine.



Biocultural anthropology recognizes that __________. - answer: culture can influence
biology



John ray was the first naturalist to ___________, and carolus linnaeus used ray's work
to __________. - answer: use the terms genus and species; develop taxonomy



Anthropology is unique because of its __________. - answer: cultural and biological
perspective



What does taxonomy refer to? - answer: science of classifying and naming organisms



What is the neo-darwinian synthesis? - answer: the merging of genetics, anatomy,
ecology, behavior and evolutionary theory




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