Anthropology Has Been Called the Most Human of the Sciences

question 48

Multiple Choice

Anthropology has been called the most human of the sciences for all of the following reasons except:

• A)it has developed a systemic,cross-cultural approach to understanding human behavior.
• B)it takes human beings as its subject matter ("the study of humankind").
• C)it develops hypotheses and theories about the organization of language,values,and art in culture.
• D)it tackles culture as a human experience or system of meaning in which the anthropologist must involve himself/herself in order to develop adequate explanations of what is being observed.
• E)it has discovered which cultures are most efficient and has encouraged those less privileged to progress.

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