Anthropologists That Study the Evolution of Diseases, Such as Venereal

question 64

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists that study the evolution of diseases, such as venereal syphilis, focus not just on the biology of the disease but also on

• A) its supernatural agents.
• B) its context of social and political history, such as the role of globalization in the spread and transformation of disease.
• C) how alternative theories to evolution, such as intelligent design, explain its origin and development.
• D) how disease is a social construction and thus not real.
• E) its transformation from a disease into an illness.

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