How do tribes differ from bands?

a. Tribes have formally organized institutions that unite scattered communities.
b. People in tribes are generally unrelated to each other.
c. Tribes tend to have a great deal of inequality among members.
d. In tribes, political power rests mostly in the hands of "big men."


ANSWER:
a

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