An anthropologist who assesses the nutritional quality of available food, the availability of water and shelter, plus disease and predation and the effect of these on how many organisms, including humans, a plot of land can support is studying the
A) ecological viability.
B) foraging spectrum.
C) carrying capacity.
D) evolutionary-causation model.

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The concept of carrying capacity refers to the maximum number of organisms, including humans, that an environment can support without suffering degradation. It takes into account factors such as food availability, water, shelter, and the impact of diseases and predation, which is what the anthropologist in the question is studying.

An Anthropologist Who Assesses the Nutritional Quality of Available Food