Anthropologists claim that women lost social standing and freedoms when agriculture superseded hunting and gathering because...
A. Farm life required more children and a woman's new place was in the home and not highly valued
B. Women in hunting and gathering societies provided most of the community's food and it was highly valued
C. Women were not permitted to acquire the specialized skills of a scribe or artisan
D. Religious ideals that developed alongside urbanization taught the inferiority of women
Ans: B. Women in hunting and gathering societies provided most of the community's food and it was highly valued
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