Answer:
Option: Crops such as squash were grown in South America, and barley was planted in the Middle East.
Explanation:
Humans in the early period were hunter-gatherers. It was during the Neolithic period hunter-gatherer forebears began attempting their skill at farming. First, they grew wild species of crops like squash, corn, and barley which after a while became domesticated with the mixing of different varieties together.
Squash along with pumpkins, and gourds, are one of the earliest plants domesticated in the Americas, along with maize and bean. Its wild progenitor Cucurbita spp.
The earliest farmers existed in the Fertile Crescent, in the Middle East. People were able to grow crops in the Fertile Crescent because of the availability of water and fertile land. Barley domesticated from its wild ancestor Hordeum spontaneum.