The most frequent cause of ethnogenesis is
a. when members of two or more ethnic groups fuse into a new ethnic group.
b. when a portion of an existing ethnic group splits away and forms a new group.
c. ethnic cleansing and, more generally, ethnic conflict.
d. when a group has its land taken away.
ANSWER:
b
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