The Neolithic Revolution (part 1)
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@hernzie123 Ha ha. Eve never existed? You don't say!
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@archdeaconj eve never existed. this is proven fact, not make believe crutches
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@TribalWar Where can I get more info on that?
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@LeviProductions1 I agree
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homo means human. So the first species called homo, like homo habilus, erectus, ergastor, etc., were all early species of human. Neanderthal was called homo neanderthal, which is just a different earlier species of human. Humans were around over a million years, just not homo sapiens, or modern, cro-magnon humans, until later.
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If this topic interests I suggest reading the book and watching the documentary "The Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski. This posts "The Neolithic Revolution" poor production makes confusing assertions that IMHO are incorrect or perhaps poorly spoken/written.
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The claim that agriculture increased labor time (per day) is also again totally NOT TRUE. Thinks about it... a lot of time is spend waiting for crops to grow! Yes irrigation and planting/weeding takes time but hardly as much as searching for food as in a hunter gatherer society. Daily hunting and gathering was necessary as success a life and death situation as they couldn't store food the same way wheat/bread can be stored.
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Humans first appeared 200,000 years ago. NOT 2 million
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He claims humans have been around for 2 million years. This is not true if he's saying "humans" are Homo Sapiens. Yes the precursors to humans existed like Neanderthals existed in this period but NOT HUMANS.
Is it possible, or indeed likely, that women kick-started the agricultural revolution? Women were the gatherers. Would they not have acquired knowledge of plants, what makes them germinate, patterns of growth, when and how to aid nature (watering in dry weather) and so on? Would they not have passed on this knowledge to the women of the next generation? Might they not have deliberately sown seed occasionally? It was Eve, was it not, who first ate of the Tree of Knowledge.
archdeaconj 2 years ago 6
@LeviProductions1 I'm rather enjoying the fruits of these revolutions.
craigpsimpson 2 months ago 2