Based on Franz Boas's Observation That Contact Between Neighboring Tribes

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Multiple Choice

Based on Franz Boas's observation that contact between neighboring tribes has existed since humanity's beginnings and covered enormous areas, it can be argued that

• A) biology, not culture, was responsible for the vast majority of human diversity.
• B) language must have originated among the Neandertals.
• C) general anthropologists were wrong to focus too much attention on biology.
• D) cultures should not be treated as isolated phenomena.
• E) even the earliest foragers engaged in warfare.

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