Many disciplines are involved in the study of humanity. What makes anthropology unique from other disciplines that study humans?
a. Anthropology argues that the best understanding of the human condition comes from a global, comparative, and holistic perspective.
b. Anthropology examines only one aspect of the human condition, but does so in great detail.
c. Anthropology examines the social and cultural aspects of humanity, but leaves the biological aspect of humans to other disciplines.
d. Anthropology focuses only on exotic peoples and cultures, while other disciplines are more apt to study American or European society.
e. Anthropology is the main way to know the ways people today are better than people in the past.
a
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