A key feature of language that helps explain anthropologists' continued interest in studying it is that it
A) enables us to compare human and nonhuman primate linguistic grammars.
B) tells us a lot about the present, although nothing about the past.
C) is always changing.
D) helps them distinguish between the more and less evolved human races.
E) rarely changes, so it provides a good window into linguistic uses of the past.

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Language is constantly evolving and changing, and this provides anthropologists with a rich area of study that allows them to investigate how language both reflects and shapes culture, social organization, and human experience. The dynamic nature of language means that it is always relevant and worthy of study no matter what time period or culture is being examined.

A Key Feature of Language That Helps Explain Anthropologists' Continued