____________ Did Not Contribute the Development of Food Production in the Middle

question 38

Multiple Choice

____________ did not contribute the development of food production in the Middle East.

• A)The shift to a broad-spectrum subsistence pattern around 15,000 B.P.
• B)The availability of wild cereals with edible grains
• C)The diffusion of domesticated animal species from southern Europe
• D)Drier conditions and population increase, leading people to experiment with planting wild cereals in new ecological niches
• E)Favorable changes in cultivated grains resulting from artificial selection by humans

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