Question ID:PT15 S2 Q10 Passage:Ten thousand years ago many communities in western Asia stopped procuring food by hunting and gathering and began instead to cultivate food. Archaeological evidence reveals that compared to their hunter-gatherer forebears, the early agricultural peoples ate a poorly balanced diet and had diet-related health problems, yet these peoples never returned to hunting and gathering. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the agricultural peoples of western Asia never returned to hunting and gathering? Correct Answer Choice:CChoice A:The plants and animals that the agricultural peoples began to cultivate continued to exist in the wild. Choice B:Both hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists sometimes depended on stored and preserved foods instead of fresh foods. Choice C:An increase in population density at the time required a higher food production rate than hunting and gathering could provide. Choice D:Thousands of years ago similar shifts from hunting and gathering to agriculture occurred in many other parts of the world. Choice E:The physical labor involved in agriculture burns more calories than does that needed for hunting and gathering.