Why Did Early Farmers Likely Select Grain Plants with Nonshattering

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why did early farmers likely select grain plants with nonshattering grain heads to cultivate?

• A)Seeds produced in nonshattering heads were not eaten by herbivores.
• B)Seeds produced in nonshattering heads did not have mutations.
• C)Seeds produced in nonshattering heads were not scattered on the ground.
• D)Seeds produced in nonshatterring heads were larger and tastier.
• E)All of these are reasons could explain why early farmers selected plants with nonshattering heads.

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Dorsal Stream

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The region of the brain located in the occipital lobe, responsible for processing visual information from the eyes.

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Cones

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