The Most Common Explanation for the Pervasive Sharing So Common

question 80

Multiple Choice

The most common explanation for the pervasive sharing so common in hunter-gatherer societies is:

• A) it is a strategy of variance reduction under conditions in which there is a lot of resource fluctuation
• B) it is "human nature" - the earliest humans had not yet learned anything about selfishness and hoarding
• C) it has no known explanation - social scientists are still mystified by it

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