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melly21297

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What is the great myth that is commonly held in North America regarding the reason for the establishment of a taboo against first-cousin marriage in the United States?
 
  a. It is a religious prohibition and against biblical law.
 b. It decreased the chances for the family to extend social alliances.
  c. It would incite feuding within the nuclear family.
 d. It would cause significantly increased numbers of birth defects.

Question 2

Which concept, proposed by Charles Lyell, had a profound effect on 19th-century scientific thought?
 
  a. Natural selection
  b. The immense age of the earth
  c. The role of catastrophic events in producing geological phenomena
  d. Recent origins for earth
  e. The inheritance of acquired characteristics



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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