What Are Considered to Be the Two Most Important Factors

question 35

Multiple Choice

What are considered to be the two most important factors that have been involved in past mass extinctions?

• A) Disease and parasites
• B) Fire and weather events
• C) Glaciers and earthquakes
• D) Environmental and biological factors
• E) Plate tectonics and climatic factors

Understand the consequences of androcentrism and its critique.

Acknowledge the significant within-group genetic variability that challenges traditional racial categorizations.

Appreciate the environmental factors over genetic predisposition in explaining health disparities.

Recognize the implications of using traditional notions of race to infer genetic differences.

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