An example of fieldwork might be:

a. an anthropologist doing detailed archival research on federal welfare programs.
b. an anthropologist spending 18 months living among the Trobrianders in the Pacific Islands.
c. an anthropologist studying human genetic variation in a laboratory.
d. an anthropologist examining the history of language by comparing multiple written texts.


B

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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