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Which historical period do most scholars believe is the cause behind the
development of anthropology as a field of study?
A. Enlightenment
B. Industrial Revolution
C. Great Depression
D. French Revolution

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A. Enlightenment

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Many scholars consider modern anthropology as an outgrowth of the Age of Enlightenment (1715–89), a period when Europeans attempted to study human behavior systematically, the known varieties of which had been increasing since the fifteenth century as a result of the first European colonization wave.

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