Anthropologists Once Thought That Domestication Would Happen Almost Automatically Once

question 22

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists once thought that domestication would happen almost automatically once people gained sufficient knowledge of plants and animals and their reproductive habits to figure out how to make domestication work.They now know that

• A) they were correct, thanks to recently uncovered evidence in Chile.
• B) aside from this knowledge, an emerging state is necessary for domestication to occur.
• C) foragers have an excellent knowledge of plants and animals and their reproductive characteristics, so some other trigger is needed to start and sustain the process of domestication.
• D) the will to overcome a lazy lifestyle is even more important than such knowledge.
• E) aside from this knowledge, domestication requires the invention of the wheel.

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