The Early Holocene Is Marked By

question 180

Multiple Choice

The early Holocene is marked by:

• A) a standardization of cultures across broad regions
• B) cultural collapse until the invention of agriculture-a "dark age" of the ancient world
• C) increasing cultural diversity as people in different regions adapt to the diverse conditions of the post-Pleistocene world
• D) warfare-the first archaeological evidence for this practice in all human prehistory

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, driving evolution.

Organisms' Success

The extent to which an organism can survive, reproduce, and pass its genes to the next generation in its specific environment.

Adaptive Function

Traits or behaviors that have evolved to serve a specific survival or reproductive purpose in the context of natural selection.

Evolutionary Perspective

A theoretical approach that examines psychological traits, such as memory, perception, or language, from a modern evolutionary perspective, considering how evolutionary processes like natural selection have shaped them.