Which of these characteristics is not true of early hunter-gatherers?

A. they traded extensively with other communities

B. They carved figures out of stone and Ivory

C. They lived in caves or simple huts

D. They live in small clans of around 20 to 30 people

A. they traded extensively with other communities

Explanation:

B, C, and D are all true

Option A. The following characteristic is not true of early hunter-gatherers:

They traded extensively with other communities.

Explanation:

Hunter-gatherers were prehistoric nomadic societies that were characterized, as their name indicates, by obtaining their food by hunting, fishing or scavenging. They actively killed animals for consumption and designed methods in which it was possible for them to set aside vegetation in order to consume it. They knew how to sharpen and carve stones and other materials in order to use them as tools or to create figures that would represent their clans. They were nomadic, moving around wherever they would ran out of animals to kill or the weather would not facilitate their hunting, so their groups would not surpass the 30 people, and they lived in caves or simple huts that were easy to set up with their nomadic lifestyle.

Hunter-gatherers did not rely on trade with other communities as they did not possess domesticated species like agricultural societies, that they could use for trade. They killed animals for their own consumption and that is how they survived.