Ecological models designed to study the interactions of other species are often inadequate to study humans because
A) humans rely on symbols to guide the culture specific ways they interact with their environment.
B) humans must be thought of as belonging to a different ecosystem than that of other animals.
C) humans are only affected by their social environment, not their physical environment.
D) human ecology must only consider features that are unique or distinctive attributes of humans.
E) humans are not affected by biological or physical factors in the environment.
A
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