Which agricultural outcome accelerated after domestication of maize kernels lost their natural seed dispersal ability?

💡 Explanation

When maize lost its ability to naturally disperse seeds, selective artificial cultivation concentrating labor increased yield because humans actively scattered seeds allowing for clusters dependent on labour-intensive hand tilling. Therefore dependent population clustering arose rather than trade, erosion or nutrient depletion which are driven by different mechanisms.

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