Anthropometry is the
A. study of the ways in which cultural sediments accumulate over time.
B. use of remote sensing to measure the carrying capacity of human populations in a given region.
C. measurement of human linguistic variability.
D. study of ancient plants used by humans through pollen samples collected from archaeological sites.
E. measurement of human body parts and dimensions.
Answer: E
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