Domestication of plants may be a result of all of the following except:

a. population pressure and territoriality.
b. sufficient technology and knowledge related to plant manipulation.
c. adequate knowledge of the environment.
d. settlement and subsistence patterns, and related human decision-making.
e. people’s inability to adapt to changes in the environment.


ANS: E

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