Which of these is not true of intensive agriculture?

a. Intensive agriculturalists produce less food per unit of land than foragers.
b. Intensive agriculturalists tend to be organized into a large and bureaucratic political system.
c. Intensive agriculture is associated with the emergence of cities.
d. The major ancient civilizations of the Old World emerged among intensive agriculturalists.


A

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