Question

identify the statement that best describes anthropology?
anthropologists dig up dinosaurs
eighteenth - and nineteenth - century colonialism gave rise to the discipline.
all anthropologists work in academic institutions.
anthropology does not study human diversity.
anthropology reinforces ethnocentrism.

Explanation:

Anthropology emerged as a discipline in the context of 18th - and 19th - century colonialism as scholars began to study diverse human cultures and societies encountered during colonial expansion. Digging up dinosaurs is paleontology's work. Not all anthropologists work in academic institutions. Anthropology is centered on the study of human diversity and aims to counter - ethnocentrism.

Answer:

Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonialism gave rise to the discipline.