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Mollykgkg

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on: Jun 22, 2018
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.


SamMuagrove

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


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