A Wise Strategy for Our Ancestral Mothers, Who Lived in Times

question 70

Multiple Choice

A wise strategy for our ancestral mothers, who lived in times when resources were scarce and survival uncertain, would be to provide the most care to children

• A)who were weakest.
• B)who were strongest.
• C)who had the greatest chance of growing up.
• D)who were most like them physically.

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