Anthropology has been called the most human of the sciences for all of the following reasons except:
A)it has developed a systemic,cross-cultural approach to understanding human behavior.
B)it takes human beings as its subject matter ("the study of humankind").
C)it develops hypotheses and theories about the organization of language,values,and art in culture.
D)it tackles culture as a human experience or system of meaning in which the anthropologist must involve himself/herself in order to develop adequate explanations of what is being observed.
E)it has discovered which cultures are most efficient and has encouraged those less privileged to progress.

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Anthropology does not make value judgments about cultures or encourage certain cultures to progress over others. This is not a part of its academic mission or approach. Rather, anthropology seeks to describe, analyze, and interpret the diversity of human cultures and social practices in a way that is respectful, open-minded, and non-judgmental. The other choices (A, B, C, and D) are all accurate descriptions of what anthropology is and how it approaches the study of human behavior and social life.

Anthropology Has Been Called the Most Human of the Sciences