Which of the following features is not associated particularly with anthropology?
a. focus on statistics
b. the holistic perspective
c. regional expertise
d. the emic view
e. topical expertise
ANS: A
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________ refers to an organism's evident biological characteristics
A. Phoneme B. Genotype C. Biological circumscription D. Phenotype E. Hereditary inequality
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