How did the process of domestication differ between Mesoamerica and the Fertile Crescent?
A) In Mesoamerica, the first domesticated plants were dietary staples.
B) In Mesoamerica, semi-nomadic hunting and gathering persisted long after people first domesticated plants.
C) In the Fertile Crescent, people maintained a nomadic lifestyle because their main domesticates were herd animals.
D) In the Fertile Crescent, people shifted completely from gathering wild foods to depending on domesticated foods within only a few decades.
B) In Mesoamerica, semi-nomadic hunting and gathering persisted long after people first domesticated plants.
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