During the early stages of the agricultural transition, what did the lifestyle of many human groups look like?

They lived exclusively in large, fortified cities and relied on trade.

They abandoned hunting completely to focus only on planting crops.

They continued to wander without any form of cultivation or settlement.

They combined hunting and gathering with planting small gardens.

Why did the increasing reliance on agriculture allow people to build permanent settlements?

People no longer needed to move to find food because they could grow it.

The leaders of hunting bands decided to create a new form of government.

The invention of pottery made it too difficult for people to carry belongings.

A global ice age forced all human groups to settle in warm areas.

Large-scale commercial agriculture

State-controlled crop collection

As a government-mandated change

As a slow, multi-generational process

As an immediate switch in lifestyles

The end of all trade between groups

The creation of the first permanent settlements

A rapid decline in the human population

The complete disappearance of hunting skills