People must eat, but culture teaches us what, when, and how to do so. This is an example of how
A. we are all just uncultured animals.
B. culture takes the natural biological urges we share with other animals and teaches us how to express them in particular ways.
C. individuals are powerless to alter the strong relationship between nature and culture.
D. biology dominates culture.
E. "human nature" is a cultural construction, an idea we have in our minds that has nothing to do with true nature.
Answer: B
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