Ethnology is

A. the study of human speech sounds.
B. the comparative, generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology.
C. the most important subfield of anthropology.
D. the study of ancient ethnic groups.
E. a synonym for ethnography.


B

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Polyandry usually occurs in societies __________

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Describe the three models of assimilation in the United States

What will be an ideal response?

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An advantage of the accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) method of radiocarbon dating is

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