Around twelve thousand years ago,in what we now call the Middle East,people began to domesticate grain,a process that slowly spread around the world over the next six to seven thousand years.In 1984,8 percent of U.S.households had a computer;by 2008,that number was estimated to be above 70 percent.How do these two things relate to social change?
A) Neither is an example of social change.
B) Both are examples of social change, occurring at different rates.
C) The change in agriculture was a social change, but not the change in computer ownership.
D) The change in computer ownership was a social change, but not the change in agriculture.

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Both the domestication of grain and the widespread adoption of computers represent examples of social change, but they occurred at different rates. The domestication of grain transformed human society by allowing for the development of settled communities and the growth of civilization, while the adoption of computers has transformed the way people communicate, work, and access information. Both of these changes represent significant shifts in the way humans interact with their environment and with each other, and have had profound effects on the course of human history.

Around Twelve Thousand Years Ago,in What We Now Call the Middle