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tuffie

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on: Jul 10, 2018
The incest taboo is possibly the closest thing anthropologists have found to a true cultural universal, because some form of the taboo exists in all known societies.
 
  Why is this so important to people cross-culturally? Explain the various theories for the existence of a worldwide incest taboo.

Question 2

What is a protolanguage?
 
  A) spoken reconstructed language from which modern languages derived
  B) the simplest form of language known, with no tenses or number terms
  C) the language that early Homo sapiens is believed to have spoken
  D) the rudimentary language used by the apes and monkeys


missalyssa26

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The ideal answer should include:
1, Note cultural variation in determining who is a close relative and who is not
2, Define and discuss social theories: the childhood-familiarity theory, the psychoanalytic theory, the family-disruption theory, and the cooperation theory
3, Define and discuss biological theories: the inbreeding theory

Answer to Question 2

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