Why Are Physical Anthropologists Concerned with Human Variation

question 50

Multiple Choice

Why are physical anthropologists concerned with human variation?

• A)It focuses on separating different species.
• B)They want to identify the factors that produce variation.
• C)They want to prove that race is real.
• D)The possibility exists to classify humans ethnically and racially.
• E)Physical anthropologists are not concerned with human variation.

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