The Neolithic Revolution:
a. caused all societies which existed at that time to become shifting cultivators.
b. freed people from ties to the land.
c. gave humans a measure of control over their food supply.
d. caused food collecting societies to disappear.
e. made people much more migratory.
ANS: C
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