With training, any human can utter any of the sounds found in any language
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
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a. how anthropologists should go about challenging each other’s work. b. whether anthropology has a Western or Eurocentric bias. c. whether Christians are capable of understanding the importance of different gods and goddesses. d. the property rights to the diaries of Captain Cook.
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a. Collectivist society b. ?Anomie c. ?Society d. ?Culture
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