What is an age set?
A. a village council
B. a pantribal sodality that represents a certain level of achievement in the society, much like the stages of an undergraduate's progress through college
C. all men and women related by virtue of patrilineal descent from a human apical ancestor
D. all men and women related by virtue of matrilineal descent from a nonhuman apical ancestor
E. a group uniting men born during a certain span of time in some pastoral African societies
Answer: E
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a. Europeans and Asians
b. Pacific Islanders and Sicilians
c. Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders
d. Europeans and indigenous Australians
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