Because music is a cultural universal and musical abilities seem to run in families,

A. everybody, regardless of culture, loves to dance.
B. it is possible to use musical abilities as a biological marker for human races.
C. it has been suggested that the predisposition for music may have a genetic basis.
D. anthropologists should investigate the connection between music and formerly misunderstood kinship arrangements.
E. it has been suggested that music is a concept of a social fiction.


Answer: C

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