Question 8. The main reason that led to a change from foraging to farming occupation was: (a) Domestication (b) End of Ice Age (c) Making of iron tools (d) Warmer and wetter conditions Answer
Bowles and Choi suggest that farming arose among people who had already settled in an area rich with hunting and gathering resources, where they began to establish private property rights. When wild plants or animals became less plentiful, they argue, people chose to begin farming instead of moving on.