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fnuegbu

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Robert Kelly's study of the workload of hunter-gatherer societies around the world indicates that
 
  a. Marshall Sahlins's claim that hunter-gatherers constitute the original affluent
  society is false
  b. hunter-gatherers generally work much more than members of modern industrial
  societies
  c. only members of elite groups in such societies enjoy the affluence that Sahlins
  describes
  d. hunter-gatherers spend on average about 3.8 hours a day on foraging activities

Question 2

Agriculture was independently adopted in which of the following areas of the New World?
 
  a. Mesoamerica
  b. South America
  c. North America
  d. none of the above
  e. all of the above



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

e



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