About 7,000-10,000 years ago, humans discovered the advantages of staying in one place to plant and cultivate crops to supplement the food obtained by hunting and gathering. About 3,000 years ago, humans began to use animals to pull plows. These advances brought what significant change?

A. Social inequality decreased
B. Group size decreased
C. Kinship lineages became important
D. Families were more social with one another and there was less isolation


Answer: C

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