Franz Boas is the undisputed father of four-field U.S. anthropology. One of his most important and enduring contributions to anthropology was
A. stressing the relevance of independent invention in human cultural history.
B. providing evidence that both biology and culture are susceptible to evolutionary forces, thus providing a framework for the comparative method.
C. expanding the local ethnographic focus to include a regional perspective.
D. showing that human biology is plastic, and that biology (including race) does not determine culture.
E. the field's earliest example of multitimed and multisited ethnography.
Answer: D
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