The Naturalist David Rindos Explained Early Farming as a

question 36

Multiple Choice

The naturalist David Rindos explained early farming as a

• A) conquest by people over the environment.
• B) symbiosis, which means that plants and people were mutually dependent on one another.
• C) type of behavior explained because of its natural superiority to hunting and gathering.
• D) situation in which elites compelled non-elites to grow food.

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