Why Do Many Forensic Anthropologists Still Use the Concept of "Race

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why do many forensic anthropologists still use the concept of "race" when identifying human skeletal remains?

• A) It provides a socially useful category for narrowing search parameters.
• B) Forensic anthropologists can correctly identify a skeleton's "race" nearly 100% of the time.
• C) These anthropologists believe that race is biologically, not socially, constructed.
• D) Other than "race," there is very little useful information that can be drawn from skeletal remains.

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