Identify a true statement about biological variation in humanity.

A. Individuals within populations exhibit negligible rather than substantial variation.
B. Human variation research has important social, biomedical, and forensic implications.
C. Race is an accurate and productive way to describe human biological variation.
D. Patterns of within- and between-group variation are independent of ecology and culture.


Answer: B

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