Robert Blumenschine and Curtis Marean's study of scavengers indicates that early members of the genus Homo __________

a. probably hunted because scavenging affords so few calories
b. could easily have survived as scavengers
c. probably relied solely on gathered vegetable matter
d. none of these


Answer b

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