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xroflmao

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on: Jul 10, 2018
Humanistic anthropologists do not believe a science of culture is possible because
 
  a. human beings are unique due to their capacity for social learning and complex communication.
  b. for humans how biological needs are met is shaped culturally.
  c. human language results in the cultural construction of categories of reality.
  d. All of these are arguments of humanistic anthropology against a scientific approach.

Question 2

Which of these is NOT one of the main arguments of materialists?
 
  a. Cultural practices are the result of adaptation to biological drives such as passing on one's genes.
  b. Many customs of a people can be explained by how they help people live in the natural world.
  c. Population growth and intensification are major forces driving cultural evolution.
  d. The environment, technology and population pressures are more important than religious beliefs, world viewor values.


johnharpe

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a


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