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Long ago, men spent most of their time looking for food. They ate anything they could find. Some lived mostly on plants. They ate the fruit stems, and leaves of some plants and the root of others. When food was scarce, they ate the bark of the trees. If they were lucky, they would find a bird’s nest with eggs. People, who lived near the water, ate fish or anything that washed ashore, even rotten whales. Some people also ate insects and small animals like lizards that were easy to kill. Later, men learned to make weapons. With weapons, they could kill larger animals for meat. These early people had big appetites. If they killed an animal, they would drink the blood, eat the meat, and chew the bones. When they finished the meal, there was nothing left. At first men wandered from place to place to find their food. But when they began to grow plants, they stayed in one place and ate what they could grow. They tamed animals, made them to work, and killed them for meat. Life was little shorter then, but there was not still variety in their little different meal. Day after day people ate the same food. Gradually, men began to travel greater distances. The explorers who sailed unknown seas found new lands. In these lands, they found new foods and spices and took them back home. The Portuguese, who sailed the stormy Cape of Good Hope to reach China, took back ‘Chinese apples’, fruit we call orange today. Later, Portuguese colonists carried orange seeds to Brazil. From Brazil, oranges were brought to California, the first place to grow oranges in the United States. Peaches and melons also came from China. So did a new drink, tea.   

Question-4

People who lived near water bodies

all of the above

The correct answer is:OPTION 4--  all of the above

People who lived near water bodies in the passage are described as eating fish, anything washed ashore, and even rotten whales.