The lives of modern hunter-gatherers are of particular interest to anthropologists because
A) their societies are the only completely peaceful ones known.
B) the human pattern of hunting and gathering is identical to that of nonhuman primates.
C) they have lived for centuries in isolation, having no contact with outsiders.
D) in some respects their lives are similar to those of prehistoric humans.
E) hunter-gatherers can be viewed as "living fossils."
D
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