The Neolithic Revolution ______
a. caused all societies that existed at the 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
ANSWER:
c
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