Why was the broad-spectrum revolution a significant event in human evolution?
A)It consisted of a massive fluorescence of colored cave paintings beginning about 70,000 B.P.,which suggests the evolution of color vision and a truly human-style brain organization.
B)It brought about a new tool tradition based on flaked tools.
C)It provided the environmental circumstances that selected for the evolution of "mitochondrial Eve."
D)It provided new environmental circumstances that made important sociocultural adaptations like the development of plant cultivation more likely.
E)It led to the extinction of the Neandertals,who had survived until then by eating big-game animals.

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The broad-spectrum revolution marked a shift in human diet towards a wider range of plants and small animals, leading to a greater adaptability to different environments. This shift ultimately made it more likely for humans to develop plant cultivation, a key development in their sociocultural evolution.

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Why Was the Broad-Spectrum Revolution a Significant Event in Human