Below Are Data Comparing the Abundance of Cultural Traits and the Number

question 171

Multiple Choice

Below are data comparing the abundance of cultural traits and the number of adult female chimpanzees in different chimpanzee communities (Lind & Lindenfors, 2010) . Data source: Lind, J., and P. Lindenfors. 2010. "The Number of Cultural Traits Is Correlated with Female Group Size but Not with Male Group Size in Chimpanzee Communities." PLoS ONE 5(3) :e9241. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009241. The K group and the M group of this data set are from the same geographic area, called Mahale. The number of females chimpanzees in the K and M groups varied by about _____ but the number of cultural traits varied by about _____.

• A)100%; 20%
• B)20%; 100%
• C)300%; 20%
• D)20%; 300%
• E)20%; 20%

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