How Might We Best Describe the Subsistence Strategies of Contemporary

question 53

Multiple Choice

How might we best describe the subsistence strategies of contemporary cultures?

• A) Most people today are food producers.
• B) Most people today are foragers, supplemented with small-scale animal husbandry.
• C) There is a roughly equal balance between foraging and food-producing cultures.
• D) Most people today are foragers.

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Definitions:

Commensalism

A relationship between two living organisms where one benefits without harming or benefiting the other.

Succession

The process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time, often following a disturbance.

Mutualism

A type of symbiotic relationship between two different species where both species benefit from the interaction.

Pioneer Plant Species

Plants that are the first to colonize disturbed or new habitats, initiating ecological succession.