The domestication of plants differed from the tending of plants in the wild in which significant way?
A. The domestication of plants allowed humans to control for factors such as taste and nutrition far more than they could for plants tended in the wild.
B. Domesticated plants were tended by women, while wild plants were tended by men.
C. Tending wild plants involved far more skilled knowledge and tools than harvesting domesticated plants.
D. Wild plants tended to be more nutritious and easier to harvest than domesticated plants.
Answer: A
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