Question: The Olmecs (Olmeca) are refer to as the "mother culture" because ___________. Group of answer choices Olmec culture influenced native societies in Mesoamerica, in other words, indigenous societies in Mesoamerica borrowed Olmec cultural elements an Olmec (Olmeca) woman gave birth to the first mestizo they are seen by experts as the first indigenous society in Mesoamerica to have a large percentage of mestizos, which makeup the bulk of modern day Mexicans experts have safely concluded through DNA analysis that all native groups in Mesoamerica and in the Southwest are direct descendants of the Olmecs (Olmeca)