During the Upper Paleolithic, the hominin range

A. was limited to Europe and Africa prior to the anatomically modern humans' stage of human evolution.
B. moved away from the coasts because of natural disasters like flood and drought.
C. reached its territorial maximum by 50,000 B.P.
D. expanded to its maximum when Neandertal foragers entered the New World.
E. expanded significantly, in large part due to Homo's increasing reliance on cultural means of adaptation.


Answer: E

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