How Did Brian Ferguson Explain the Violence Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon

question 37

Multiple Choice

How did Brian Ferguson explain the violence anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon reported among the Yanomamö during his fieldwork?

• A) This was the normal everyday life of these people; they are uniquely violent.
• B) Government and missionary outposts increased during this period, as did access to manufactured goods.
• C) This was a period of extreme drought, leading to increased conflict over access to drinking water.
• D) Women were leaving to migrate to small towns.

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