Anthropologist have found that kinship in industrial states
a. often becomes solidified and molded into large descent groups called oligoclans
b. becomes much more important and clearly defined than in preindustrial societies
c. becomes less important as new structures and organizations replace and begin to perform many of the functions associated with kinship in preindustrial societies
d. tends to remain about the same as is found in chiefdom societies
Answer: C
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