Practice question · Select all that apply
Where did agriculture arise independently?
Hints
- It happened independently on several continents.
- Different crops and different animals in each case.
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- A. Mesoamerica
- B. The Andes
- C. The Fertile Crescent
- D. China
Why
At least four times, unprompted, with different crops and different animals. The most important discovery in human history was made repeatedly by people who had never heard of each other.
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