Which of the following statements is NOT true?

None of the above

The correct answer is option 4: None of the above

Statement 1: The earliest human beings depended on their immediate environment for their sustenance. This is true because early humans depended directly on nature for food and survival.

Statement 2: The early hunters used primitive tools made of stones, twigs or arrows so the number of animals killed was limited. This is also true because primitive tools restricted hunting efficiency.

Statement 3: People located in very cold and extremely hot climates survived on hunting. This is also true because in such harsh climatic regions, agriculture was difficult and people depended mainly on hunting and gathering.

Since all the statements are correct, none of them is incorrect.

NCERT: "The earliest human beings depended on their immediate environment for their sustenance. They subsisted on: (a) animals which they hunted; and (b) the edible plants which they gathered from forests in the vicinity. Primitive societies depended on wild animals. People located in very cold and extremely hot climates survived on hunting. The people in the coastal areas still catch fish though fishing has experienced modernisation due to technological progress. Many species, now have become extinct or endangered due to illegal hunting (poaching). The early hunters used primitive tools made of stones, twigs or arrows so the number of animals killed was limited.".