What does the hunter-gatherer hypothesis propose?
a. The different skills sets that males and females have today (e.g., spatial tasks for males, verbal memory for females) reflect the skill sets needed in hunter-gatherer societies.
b. Hunter-gatherer lifestyles precluded the development of social networks that were supported by agricultural lifestyles.
c. Hunter-gatherer lifestyles were among the first to experience outbreaks of violence over limited resources and thus were among the first to develop primitive weapons of war.
d. The types of foods consumed by hunter-gatherer groups were inadequate to support brain development and therefore, these groups became extinct.
A
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