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When botanist Jack Harlan, using a primitive stone sickle, harvested wild wheat in southeastern Turkey, he demonstrated that
 
  A) it would be easier for foragers to domesticate wheat than barley.
  B) that a family of four could harvest a year's food supply in about three weeks.
  C) that it was impossible to use wheat for food until it was genetically altered by domestication.
  D) that wild wheat could provide only a meager and uncertain food supply.
  E) none of the above

Question 2

The Neolithic Period, when people in the Middle East first domesticated plants and animals, lasted roughly from __________ years ago to __________ years ago.
 
  A) 50,000/20.000
  B) 20,000/10,000
  C) 10,000/5,000
  D) 15,000/10,000
  E) 5,000/2,000



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C




maychende

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Gracias!


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