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codyclark

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The technology of traditional hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it:
 
  a. is able to harness extremely high levels of energy from a poor environment.
  b. is predominantly based on manual tools fashioned from their natural environment.
  c. requires high energy input from outside their habitat.
  d. is so rudimentary that they struggle endlessly for mere subsistence.
  e. is not adaptive to any particular environment, but is a form of broad-spectrum technology.

Question 2

The Ju/'hoansi residing in //Nhoq'ma village are in a transition phase in which:
 
  a. they are involved in ecotourism, enabling tourists to visit them.
  b. they have become expert hunters, relying on meat for their caloric intake.
  c. they rely on sharing and interdependence for their survival.
  d. accumulation of material goods is important to their ranked society.
  e. they are carrying out agriculture in addition to hunting and gathering.


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Dinolord

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a


codyclark

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
:D TYSM

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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