Which of the following lists best describe the human abilities that had to develop before culture could exist?
A. 3D vision, language, and hunting
B. The ability to build shelters, create clothing, and organize cooperative hunting.
C. The ability to use symbols, language, and tools.
D. 3D vision, grasping hands, call systems, and hunting.
Answer: C. The ability to use symbols, language, and tools.
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a. the Dani who cut off a finger from the hand of any close female relative of a man who dies. b. the Kikuyu custom of female circumcision. c. the Inuit custom of leaving the aged out in the cold to die. d. the Bannock-Shoshoni who commit crimes on the reservation. e. Anthropologists do not suspend the practice of cultural relativism in their work.
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