Modern foragers are not Stone Age relics, living fossils, lost tribes, or noble savages. Still, to the extent that foraging has been the basis of their subsistence, contemporary and recent hunter-gatherers

A. suggest that the most basic motive driving human survival is the need for power.
B. illustrate the social precursors to hegemony.
C. can illustrate links between foraging economies and other aspects of society and culture, such as their sociopolitical organization.
D. illustrate links between foraging economies and the emergence of social stratification.
E. are the closest we can come to studying true human nature.


Answer: C

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