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Deast7027 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

A major contribution of Boas to the field of anthropology was:

a. his emphasis on social evolution.
b. his unilineal approach to the study of different cultures.
c. his research demonstrating that cultural differences are not explained by biological factors.
d. his idea that all human cultures begin as savages.

Question 2

Historical particularism suggests:

a. each culture is unique and therefore must be studied on its own terms.
b. all cultures develop along the same evolutionary path.
c. the notion of time is relative, so history must be looked at in particular context.
d. culture is the same for all groups of people.