Despite Differences Arising from Environmental Variation,all Foraging Economies Have Shared

question 9

Multiple Choice

Despite differences arising from environmental variation,all foraging economies have shared one essential feature:

• A) their emphasis on devising new forms of organic pesticides.
• B) their reliance on welfare supplied by state-level societies.
• C) their willingness to test out new food-producing technologies to see if they are any better than what they are used to.
• D) their interest in developing irrigation technologies to control sources of water.
• E) their reliance on available natural resources for their subsistence, rather than controlling the reproduction of plants and animals.

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Definitions:

Prostaglandins

A collection of lipid-based substances that possess a wide range of effects similar to hormones in animals.

Seminal Vesicles

(1) In mammals, glandular sacs that secrete a component of semen (seminal fluid). (2) In some invertebrates, structures that store sperm.

Spermatogenesis

The process by which spermatozoa are produced from male primordial germ cells by way of mitosis and meiosis, occurring in the testes.

Ejaculatory Duct

A short duct that passes through the prostate gland and opens into the urethra; receives semen from the vas deferens.