The incest taboo
a. universally prohibits first cousins from marrying.
b. prohibits sexual relations with anyone on the father’s side of the family.
c. prohibits sexual relations with certain categories of kin.
d. universally prohibits marriage between clan members.
e. prohibits marriage between parent and child only.
ANS: C
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