Matrilineal Societies Are Extremely Common, Making Up Roughly 75% of the World's

question 38

True/False

Matrilineal societies are extremely common, making up roughly 75% of the world's societies today; archaeologists also believe they were very common in the past.

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Definitions:

Serial Endosymbiosis Hypothesis

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Purple Bacteria

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Mycelium

The mass of branched, thread-like filaments that make up the vegetative part of fungi.

Water Mold

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