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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a. with a shortage of women b. that are matriarchal c. in which sons are preferred over daughters d. where men are away from their households
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