Multiple choice

Which one of the following areas is dominant in hunting and gathering?

  1. Hot desert

  2. Cold desert

  3. Tropical forest

  4. Temperate grassland
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 Primitive activities like hunting and gathering sustained human beings for more than 95% of their existence on the earth. The hunting-gathering people successfully colonised the tropical rainforests. Present day hunters-gatherers are confined to a few pockets in Australia, Africa, Asia, North America and South America. The Arctic Inuit; Pygmies and Kalahari San of Africa; Aboriginal Australians such as Pintupi; Paliyan of South lndia and Semang of Malaysia are some examples of the foragers.

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