Anthropologists' early interest in Native North Americans
A) is unique to European anthropology.
B) was more important than an interest in the relation between biology and culture in the development of U.S. four-field anthropology.
C) proved early on that culture is a function of race.
D) is an important historical reason for the development of four-field anthropology in the U.S.
E) was replaced in the 1930s by the two-field approach.

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Anthropologists' early interest in Native North Americans played an important role in the development of four-field anthropology in the U.S. This is because the study of Native Americans required attention to all four fields: biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. This emphasis on holistic, four-field research became a defining characteristic of U.S. anthropology.

Anthropologists' Early Interest in Native North Americans