The empirical-comparative study of humans

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”The empirical, comparative study of humans as biological and cultural beings, informed by the overarching principles of cultural relativism and by the avoidance of ethnocentrism.” In your own words, define each of the underlined terms, and provide an illustrative example of both ‘cultural relativism’ and ‘ethnocentrism’ in action.

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