Concepts of Biology
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Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
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Chapter 19, Problem 14RQ
Which of the following is not a way that humans have increased the
a. agriculture
b. using large amounts of natural resources
c. domestication of animals
d. use of language
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