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  • To explain how archaeologists determine when plant foods become domesticated.

  • To explain how archaeologists determine when animals become domesticated.

  • To describe the hypotheses for the origins of domestication.

  • To identify the timing of domestication of animals and plants in Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, and South America.

  • To describe the sites where domestication occurred in Asia and the Americas.

  • To identify the changes that occur in cultures when domestication occurs.







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