Why Does This Chapter on Culture Include a Section That

question 16

Multiple Choice

Why does this chapter on culture include a section that describes similarities and differences between humans and apes, our closest relatives?

• A) to illustrate how evolution is just a theory
• B) to better define culture as a capacity that distinguishes members of the zoological family Hominidae from anatomically modern humans
• C) to emphasize culture's evolutionary basis
• D) to stress that there is no such thing as human nature
• E) to promote the study of primatology, which has nothing to do with human culture

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