Mark Cohen's Theory of the Origin of Agriculture

question 45

Multiple Choice

Mark Cohen's theory of the origin of agriculture:

• A) is based on Boserup's general argument
• B) makes much of the fact that hunter-gatherers have apparently long understood the essentials of plant and animal domestication without putting such knowledge to use
• C) makes much of the fact that the transition to agriculture occurred independently in several different regions of the world
• D) none of these
• E) all of these

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