The ties on which kinship systems are based:
a. Are scientifically accurate reflections of biological ties.
b. Are culturally specified ties that rest on biological and conjugal relationships.
c. Are defined culturally and have no relationship at all to biological ties.
d. Are remembered only in societies that have developed writing.
e. Are understood only by members of a society.
B
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