Nineteenth-Century Anthropologists, When Comparing Different Human Societies

question 40

Multiple Choice

Nineteenth-century anthropologists, when comparing different human societies,

• A)were mostly racists.
• B)were all evolutionists.
• C)denied that important anthropological differences existed.
• D)agreed on the superiority of Europeans.
• E)used the Bible as a reference for many of their theories.

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