By the Early Twentieth Century, Some Anthropologists and Biologists Concluded

question 19

Multiple Choice

By the early twentieth century, some anthropologists and biologists concluded that the concept of "race" was

• A) Justified by the increasingly scientific biological research on human beings.
• B) A cultural label invented by human beings to sort people into groups.
• C) A political liability, although the evidence was increasingly strong in its favor.
• D) A label that recognized important intellectual and biological differences among groups.

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