Climate Changes Had a Profound Impact on the Hominin Way

question 23

Multiple Choice

Climate changes had a profound impact on the hominin way of life.In southwestern Europe,for example,

• A) the melting of the ice sheets with the end of the Würm glacial period gradually pushed big game farther north, pressuring hominins to use a greater variety of foods.
• B) hominins turned to a more specialized diet based on big-game meat after the glacial retreat.
• C) hominins began a sedentary life after the end of the Würm glacial period, forming the first villages in human history.
• D) the melting of the ice sheets with the end of the Würm glacial period caused animal diversity to drop, challenging hominins to shift their diets from meat to coarse grasses.
• E) hominins were forced to migrate northward during the Würm glacial interval.

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