Most Archaeologists Are Convinced That Major Changes in Food-Getting Have

question 25

Multiple Choice

Most archaeologists are convinced that major changes in food-getting have been independently invented in different parts of the world because

• A) archaeological evidence from old sites throughout the world.
• B) eyewitness accounts written about these inventions.
• C) they were based on pure luck.
• D) while there is no evidence, it just seems logical to have happened this way.

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