The Seemingly Sudden Appearance of Fully Domesticated Sheep, Goats, Wheat

question 5

Multiple Choice

The seemingly sudden appearance of fully domesticated sheep, goats, wheat, and barley in southeastern Europe, along with a host of specific Near Eastern cultural traits is evidence for

• A) the influence of eastern Asia on the development of agriculture in Europe
• B) both the migration of farmers and diffusion of the idea of agriculture from the Near East
• C) the independent development of agriculture in this region
• D) the presence of single, Near Eastern point of origin for domestication and agriculture
• E) interaction between indigenous hunter-gatherers and colonizing farmers

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