alleryRobert Braidwood's Hilly Flanks hypothesis placed the start of agriculture in which mountains?
AAndes and Rockies
BAlps and Pyrenees
CTaurus and Zagros
DWestern Ghats
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Taurus and Zagros
1. Braidwood (1948) said farming began in the hilly flanks of the Taurus and Zagros Mountains.
2. Alps, Andes and Ghats are not part of the hypothesis.
3. He argued the climate there was not drier.
_Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, section Causes_
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