Franz Boas felt the complexity of cultural variation made it difficult to develop universal laws because
A) cultures would last forever and therefore require time to study.
B) single cultural traits had to be studied in the context of the society in which they appeared.
C) at the time, there was too much human data available for study.
D) you just could not develop universal laws about humans.

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Franz Boas believed that cultural traits should be understood in the context of the society in which they appear, emphasizing the importance of cultural relativism and the complexity of cultural variation.

Franz Boas Felt the Complexity of Cultural Variation Made It