Functionalist anthropologists have suggested that incest taboos originated in order to:
A) encourage alliances and cooperation between descent groups
B) avoid the serious consequences of genetic interbreeding
C) strengthen the role of patrilineal descent groups
D) regulate and limit sexual behavior within small communities
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