The Roots of Today's Anthropology Emerged from Very Early Accounts

question 23

Multiple Choice

The roots of today's anthropology emerged from very early accounts of travelers in previous centuries. What about these accounts helped fuel anthropological inquiry?

• A) a desire to further the hard sciences
• B) a desire to mold the unknown world to fit anthropologists' ideas
• C) intense curiosity about the nature of other unknown lands and peoples
• D) a realization that documenting others would benefit the country in which they already lived

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