Researchers interested in evolutionary ecology often conduct studies of traditional hunter-gatherer and small agricultural societies because such societies are __________

a. easier to study than larger societies
b. more common
c. similar to the original human societies
d. the easiest to study using quantitative methods


Answer c

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