Answer:
The answer is C. the domestication of animals
Explanation:
The Neolithic era which is also known as Stone Age started about 12,000 years ago when the first advances in agriculture occurred in the Near East of Epipalaeolithic before it spreads to other parts of the world. This period experienced a great change in human being as they changed from being a hunter to food producers. Even though many factors contributed to the role of development in agriculture but the Domestication of animals played most of the significant role in the development of agriculture because the Neolithic people were hunter-gatherers.
