Anthropologist Shirley Lindenbaum Conducted Fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and Uncovered

question 4

Multiple Choice

Anthropologist Shirley Lindenbaum conducted fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and uncovered the true cause of a fatal disease, kuru. What did Lindenbaum conclude was the cause of this disease?

• A) poor hygiene practices that gave rise to a unique type of food poisoning
• B) the reappearance of a rare genetic anomaly that was first brought to the area by Europeans
• C) the funeral rituals used by the population she studied
• D) the rejection of Western medicine by the local chiefs of the population

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