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A) had a sustainable use of the environment when populations were smaller than now.
B) have mostly depleted the natural environment, making farming no longer possible.
C) can support the developing populations at up to 10 times their current population size.
D) have polluted rivers and streams and destroyed surrounding forests.


A

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