Anthropometry is the

A. measurement of human body parts and dimensions.
B. measurement of human linguistic variability.
C. use of remote sensing to measure the carrying capacity of human populations in a given region.
D. study of ancient plants used by humans through pollen samples collected from archaeological sites.
E. study of the ways in which cultural sediments accumulate over time.


A

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