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Name four variables by which societies form social groups.
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Distinguish between priests and shamans.
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Describe the statistics behind the concept of modal personality.
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According to anthropological ethics, the first responsibility of the anthropologist is to
the people studied.
All languages recognize a stable set of colors.
Why does the Neanderthal "controversy" exist? Discuss the difficulties that face
paleoanthropologists as they determine species and how those decisions are made.
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Natural selection is a series of beneficial adjustments of organisms to their
environment.
Using the Amish as an example of subcultural variation, discuss the factors that seem to
determine whether or not subcultural variation is tolerated by the larger culture.
Compare the Amish with another group less well tolerated in our own society.
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Although bonobos and chimpanzees share many behavioral characteristics, there are
also distinctions. Discuss some of the differences between these groups.
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Differences in life chances may also signal differences in class standing.
Describe how anthropology is, at the same time, a social/behavioral science, a natural
science, and one of the humanities.
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Why is art important to human society? Name and discuss at least four functions of art.
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Molecular anthropology is the study of primates and the closest human relatives.
How do new reproductive technologies challenge our understandings of family?
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What is multiculturalism?
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