This course argues that the adoption of agriculture should be considered both an adaptation AND a choice. Which of the following statements regarding the Natufian supports this argument?

A) Nutufian hunter-gatherers began to settle down during the last interglacial. When the environmental conditions deteriorated again, some Natufian groups became more mobile while other Natufian groups began cultivating wild cereals (a type of grass) leading eventually to domestication.
B) When the Holocene began, forests spread and grasslands shrank leading to the extinction of the megafauna on which most human groups relied. Some would follow the remaining big game onto the steps and across Beringia, while others settled down and began farming.
C) As demonstrated at the site of Abu Hureyra, early agriculture in the Near East was characterized by the domestication of goats and sheep. The domestication of plants would come later as the more productive environment of the Holocene developed.
D) Nutufian hunter-gatherers began to settle down during the last interglacial. When the environmental conditions deteriorated again, Natufian groups were forced to begin cultivating wild cereals (a type of grass) to survive, leading eventually to domestication.