Hunter-gatherers may have affected their environment by .

Hunter-gatherers relied on wild animals for food, and in some places their hunting may have contributed to the extinction of large mammals. They generally lived in small groups and moved often, so they were less likely to destroy large areas of forest by building shelters or to cause widespread soil erosion by overharvesting plants. The best choice is hunting some mammals to extinction.

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