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shenderson6

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on: Jul 10, 2018
Compare and contrast monogenesis and polygenesis
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true?
 
  A) Humans adapt to their environments purely through biological mechanisms.
  B) Humans are plastic and are able to change their behavior in order to adapt to changing social and ecological conditions.
  C) Humans are not constrained biologically, only culturally.
  D) Humans are plastic and biologically adaptive to any kind of social and environmental condition.
  E) All of the statements listed are true.


mmpiza

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

ANSWER:
Polygenesis was an earlier theory that argued that different human races were created separately, while monogenesis argued that all humans were created as a single group what became diverse as some groups progressed more quickly than others. Both are theories (and approaches) to explain human diversity.

Answer to Question 2

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