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Genetics

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Set 14 Food Production

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Preserved seeds, tubers, and leaves are examples of

A) cultigens
B) macrofossils
C) microfossils
D) domesticates
E) agriculture

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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What characteristic of wild grasses is NOT likely to have been consciously selected for by foragers in the process of domestication?

A) larger seeds
B) less tough glumes
C) more brittle rachis
D) more grains per seed head
E) structure which shatters less readily

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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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

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