Anthropologists say that human adaptation is biocultural. Which of the following best represents what is meant by this statement?
a. Human adaptation is both biological and cultural, and anthropologists cannot distinguish between the meanings of these concepts.
b. Human adaptation involves both biological and cultural dimensions and each influences the other.
c. Human adaptation is unique among all animals because it is based exclusively on physiological adaptations.
d. Human adaptation is the same as that of all animal because culture plays a role in the adaptation of all forms of life.
e. Human adaptation is based exclusively on culture. Biology is subsumed within the cultural dimension and does not exert an independent influence on humans.
B
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