How Many Different Ways of Classifying Siblings and Cousins Did

question 36

Multiple Choice

How many different ways of classifying siblings and cousins did early anthropologists find by collecting kinship data from cultures worldwide?

• A) seventeen
• B) six
• C) one
• D) no consistent way

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