Anthropologist I. M. Lewis compared the social organization of the northern Somalis and the Boran Galla, who live next to each other in semiarid scrubland and herd the same animals. His comparison showed that
A) environment determines social structure.
B) the Somali and Boran are quite different in social structure.
C) the Somali and the Boran speak the same language and are intermarried.
D) the Somali and the Boran work for each other in turn.

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Lewis's comparison highlighted that despite living in similar environments and herding the same animals, the Somali and Boran have distinct social structures, indicating that environment does not solely determine social structure.