According to the text, perhaps the most distinctive characteristic of the discipline of anthropology is

a. that anthropologists teach in addition to doing fieldwork.
b. its scope.
c. the limited range of topics for study.
d. its age.


ANSWER:
b

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New World and Old World primates diverged around __________

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a. Gibbons b. Mountain gorillas c. Savanna baboons d. Orangutans

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