The !Kung hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert in Africa live in small, nomadic groups and own few material possessions. Anthropologists refer to these cultural traits as __________ that help them survive in their social and physical environment

A) adaptive customs
B) maladaptive customs
C) assimilations
D) backward traits


A

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