Today, Rather Than Attempting to Classify Humans into Racial Categories

question 12

Multiple Choice

Today, rather than attempting to classify humans into racial categories, biologists and anthropologists are

• A)denying the existence of any biological variation among humankind.
• B)attempting to create new categories based only on blood type.
• C)confident that earlier racial classifications are still valid.
• D)trying to verify anthropometric data from the turn of the century.
• E)seeking to explain why specific biological variations occur.

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