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Mollykgkg

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According to Ellen Dissanayake what is the adaptive significance of art?
 
  a. To increase fitness by enhancing attractiveness to mating partners.
  b. To cement societies together into unified wholes as a means of providing enhanced survival potential for individuals living within those groups.
  c. To confirm a special communicative function facilitating social interaction.
  d. None of the above.

Question 2

According to the authors, what was the most probable original function of clothing?
 
  a. To enhance foraging efficiency.
  b. To protect individuals from the external environment.
  c. As a constant reminder of the social hierarchy within a group.
  d. Purely as a form of artistic expression.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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