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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