Carol Ember's study of 181 contemporary hunter-gatherer societies indicates that

a. gathering is about as important a subsistence activity as hunting and fishing
combined
b. while hunting is more prestigious, gathering contributes the bulk of the calories in
most hunter-gatherer societies
c. hunting (including fishing) is the dominant subsistence activity in most cases
d. when the care of domesticated animals is included under the heading of gathering,
gathering is the dominant subsistence activity in most hunter-gatherer societies


c

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c. correlation.
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What will be an ideal response?

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