This Chapter Begins with a Bold Claim: Anthropologists Study Human

question 30

Essay

This chapter begins with a bold claim: Anthropologists study human beings wherever and whenever they find them.Yet there are limits to when and where anthropologists can carry out their work.Can you think of any? How might your consideration of these limits affect how you would design an anthropological study?

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