Which of the following is not an accurate statement?

a. Food production is not necessarily a more secure means of subsistence than food foraging.
b. Before food production, some foragers actively managed the resources on which they depended.
c. The switch from food foraging to food production allowed people to work less in subsistence pursuits.
d. The switch to food production was not the result of the discovery that seeds grow into plants.


c

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