Are Culturally Transmitted Behaviors Always Adaptive

question 23

Multiple Choice

Are culturally transmitted behaviors always adaptive?

• A) Yes, otherwise they would quickly disappear.
• B) No, some such behaviors are adaptive, some are neutral, and some are maladaptive.
• C) No, all such behaviors are neutral.
• D) Anthropologists can't really address the question of adaptiveness of cultural behaviors

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