Why is an ambilineal society not divided into separate kin groups, as in unilineal systems?
A) A person belongs to more than one group and cannot live in several places at once.
B) They are organized by religious group membership, rather than kin groups.
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.
A
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.