Studies of how beliefs and rituals function as part of a group's cultural adaptation to its environment are an illustration of
A. how religion can play a prominent role in cultural ecology.
B. the dangers that religious effervescence can pose to the environment if it is not contained.
C. how nonhuman primates also have a capacity for religion, although it is very limited.
D. the dangers of extending the realm of religion to nature.
E. the fact that religion is evolutionarily adaptive.
Answer: A
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