Around Twelve Thousand Years Ago, in What We Now Call

question 9

Multiple Choice

Around twelve thousand years ago, in what we now call the Middle East, people began to domesticate grain, a process that slowly spread around the world over the next six to seven thousand years. In 1984, 8 percent of U.S. households had a computer; by 2008, that number was estimated to be above 70 percent. How do these two things relate to social change?

• A) Neither is an example of social change.
• B) The change in computer ownership isn't social change, as the text defines it, because it's not consequential enough.
• C) Both are examples of social change, occurring at different rates.
• D) The change in agriculture was a social change, but not the change in computer ownership.
• E) The change in computer ownership was a social change, but not the change in agriculture.

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Definitions:

Phenotype Frequency

Phenotype frequency refers to the proportion of individuals in a population that exhibit a specific observable trait or phenotype.

Temporal Isolation

A prezygotic reproductive isolating mechanism in which genetic exchange is prevented between similar species because they reproduce at different times of the day, season, or year.

Genetic Exchange

The process by which genetic information is transferred between organisms, leading to variation in genetic makeup.

Diurnal Isolation

Diurnal isolation is a form of reproductive isolation where species may share the same habitat but are active at different times of the day, thus preventing mating.