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a0266361136 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Anthropologists, as compared to other social scientists, have spent a great deal of time studying kinship because they have ____.

a. always focused largely on biological relationships
b. concentrated mainly on small-scale societies where kinship relations tend to be important
c. always studied fictional relationships and how societies are organized socially and politically
d. concentrated on industrial societies where kinship relations tend to be important and affect the individuals ability to survive
e. have found that kinship is the single most significant factor in social organization in every human society

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a reason kinship systems are important to every society?

a. They establish patterns of cooperation between men and women and a basis for rearing children.
b. They extend ones relationships to a larger group of people.
c. They help people adapt to interpersonal and environmental challenges.
d. They provide a way to share certain pieces of property that cannot be divided.
e. They allow outsiders to identify individuals within a cultural and social setting.