The term descent is used by anthropologists to refer to
a. the rules a culture uses to establish affiliations with one’s parents.
b. the rules a culture uses to establish affiliations with one’s siblings.
c. all blood and marriage relationships that help people distinguish between categories of kin.
d. all marriage relationships that help people distinguish between different categories of kin.
e. all blood relationships that help people distinguish between different categories of kin.
ANS: A
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a. True b. False