In order to understand any aspect of a culture, it must be explored in terms of its relationship to other aspects of the culture. This perspective within anthropology is called

a. cultural relativism.
b. the comparative perspective.
c. the holistic perspective.
d. human variation.


ANSWER:
c

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________ complex. a. Pippin b. Charlemagne c. Martel d. Clovis

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Speciation is usually initiated by:

A. mutation B. nonrandom mating C. allelic recombination D. geographical isolation

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The classification of physical characteristics serves only to label particular categories of phenomena arbitrarily selected by the researcher; thus, racial categories do not explain the reasons for the observed variation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Humans have 46 pairs of chromosomes

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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