The Advent of Agriculture as a Primary Means of Subsistence

question 38

Multiple Choice

The advent of agriculture as a primary means of subsistence signaled a change in what aspect of human social structures?

• A) an increase in the number of egalitarian societies
• B) a decline in the number of egalitarian societies
• C) a rise in the amount of food sharing that took place between different groups
• D) an increase in the number of people that were overweight

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