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"While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization. Parts of Eurasia, and one area of the Americas, independently developed writing as well. However, each of these new developments appeared earlier in Eurasia than elsewhere." - Excerpt from "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond Based on this description what event can you conclude led to these developments? A) smelting iron B) end of pastorialism C) development of government D) development of agriculture

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A) smelting iron

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The production of bronze tools in large capacity had already started in some parts of Euroasia about 4000 years earlier before it was seen happening around South American Andes before AD 1500. The stone technology of the Tasmanians were said to have been noticed by the explorers from Europe and that has been happening in a much simpler from in different parts of Upper Paleolithic Europe.

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