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Kottak: Cultural Anthropology 9e
Cultural Anthropology, 9/e
Conrad P. Kottak, University of Michigan
Human Diversity and "Race"

True/False Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

Human biological variation is distributed in discrete subspecies.
A)True
B)False
2

Melanin is a chemical substance produced in the epidermis.
A)True
B)False
3

Hypervitaminosis D is one of the adaptive traits that has evolved in tropical populations to help radiate heat from the body.
A)True
B)False
4

A social race is a group assumed to have a biological basis but is actually defined in a culturally arbitrary manner.
A)True
B)False
5

Brazilian concepts of race are not as well developed as compared to concepts of race in the U.S. and Japan.
A)True
B)False








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