Which of the Following Is NOT True Regarding Europe by 10,000

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Europe by 10,000 B.P.?

• A) The range of hunting, gathering, and fishing populations extended to the formerly glaciated British Isles and Scandinavia.
• B) The continent was forest rather than treeless steppe and tundra, as it had been during the Upper Paleolithic.
• C) As a consequence of the increase in forest species, people increasingly practiced new hunting techniques: solitary stalking and trapping, similar to more recent practices of many Native American groups.
• D) The process of preserving meat and fish by smoking and salting grew increasingly important.
• E) The continent's coasts and lakes were fished intensively with new technologies such as the characteristic Mesolithic stone blades and cores used as fishhooks and in harpoons.

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