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Explanations for the origins of domestication that argue for the importance of status competition or ideology are known as:
 
  a. environmental approaches
  b. humanistic approaches
  c. cultural approaches
  d. materialist approaches
  e. determinist approaches

Question 2

Which statement below best defines the packing model proposed by Binford?
 
  a. Settlement of marginal areas due expanding human populations led to domestication as people planted seed crops outside of their native range.
  b. The packing of populations around permanent water sources as a result of increased aridity in the Near East at the end of the Ice Age led to the development of domestication.
  c. Dependence on native seed crops in areas of their greatest natural abundance ultimately led to domestication.
  d. Increased population density required people to abandon big-game hunting in favor of plant domestication.
  e. The development of sedentary villages led to domestication as a means of providing a stable food source.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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