Unlike the pattern in the Old World, plant domestication in the New World
A. occurred after the rise of the first sedentary communities.
B. occurred before the rise of the first sedentary communities.
C. was apparently not necessary for the development of states such as Teotihuacán.
D. involved no food plants, but instead was used to increase the production of utilitarian plants such as bottle gourds and hemp.
E. was begun but then abandoned before there was a chance for societies to develop into states.
Answer: B
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