Which of the Following Conditions Did NOT Contribute to the Development

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conditions did NOT contribute to the development of food production in the Middle East?

• A) the shift to a broad-spectrum subsistence pattern at the end of the Upper Paleolithic
• B) the availability of annual grasses with edible grains
• C) the diffusion of domesticated animal species from southern Europe
• D) population increase, leading people to try planting grasses in new ecological niches
• E) favorable changes in cultivated grains through artificial selection

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