Why is an ambilineal society not divided into separate kin groups, as in unilineal systems?
A) They are organized by religious group membership, rather than kin groups.
B) A person belongs to more than one group and cannot live in several places at once.
C) The number of relatives in an ambilineal society is too small to create large kin groups.
D) Intermarriage between groups makes it hard to keep track of kin groups in ambilineal systems.
B) A person belongs to more than one group and cannot live in several places at once.
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