The technology of traditional hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it:
a. is able to harness extremely high levels of energy from a poor environment.
b. is predominantly based on manual tools fashioned from their natural environment.
c. requires high energy input from outside their habitat.
d. is so rudimentary that they struggle endlessly for mere subsistence.
e. is not adaptive to any particular environment, but is a form of broad-spectrum technology.
b
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