Which word BEST describes the term “acculturation”?
coexistence
elimination
superiority
weakness

The correct answer is coexistence

Acculturation is an anthropological and sociological concept that is related to the fusion of elements belonging to two or more cultures.

It is determined by a dynamic process of social and cultural change that takes place through the contact (direct or indirect) between different social groups.

These groups are influenced by different elements, and thus, they create new structures. As an example, we can mention the fusion between Greek and Roman culture that generated Greco-Roman culture.

Remember that culture is a very broad concept that involves knowledge, values, customs, ways of doing, practices, habits, behaviors and beliefs of a specific people. It is not static and is therefore in a continuous process of change.

genetics is the study of how dna works, the methodologies defining the new recent technologies allow scientist to have a panoramic view of the entire dna landscape, especially how genomes interact with their environment, including off course, factors outside their organisms.

thus is very possible the existence of both scenarios, where populations of isolated individuals have different genetic traits, and share traits related to genetic mutation, due rats can easily travel overseas using human transport channels. so scientists could get a vast number of data, including human interaction, evolution of rodents, health development, spread of infections, development of new organisms, how genomes evolve in different environments and so on.