Posted on 09/24/2018 7:38:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered a previously unconfirmed population boom across South East Asia that occurred 4,000 years ago, thanks to a new method for measuring prehistoric population growth.
Using the new population measurement method, which utilises human skeletal remains, they have been able to prove a significant rapid increase in growth across populations in Thailand, China and Vietnam during the Neolithic Period, and a second subsequent rise in the Iron Age.
Lead researcher Clare McFadden, a PhD Scholar with the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology, said the population trend was consistent across samples taken from 15 locations.
"We saw huge population growth associated with the agricultural transition," McFadden said.
"Up until about 4,000 years ago you have hunter gatherer type populations, then you have the introduction and intensification of agriculture.
"Agricultural transition has been widely studied around the world and we consistently see significant population growth as a result."
The reason these population changes have never been quantified before is the tools used to measure prehistoric populations were all designed for Europe and the Americas where archaeological conditions are different to Asia.
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Agriculture is the necessary foundation for civilization.
Unfortunately the Democrats survived.
This was the land that was above ground during the ice age because the sea level was supposed to be 300 feet lower than today.
Some argue it was the source of many agricultural plants and the place the mythical Atlantis was from.
4000 Years ago?
Well, yeah, right after The Flood.................
This was the land that was above ground during the ice age because the sea level was supposed to be 300 feet lower than today. "
Not quite. What is required is a food supply steady enough to support 100+ people (likely 5+ families) in one location for the entire year. A nomadic route with fewer than 6 camps that would be completed in a year might also work. The number of places in the world that meet that requirement without agriculture and pastoralism are very few. I believe that as a practical matter supporting more than about 300 people in one location requires a method to store and transport foods, along with foods that store and transport relatively easily.
If 100 people make a civilization, which they don't.
The Hibbits were so short that, when it rained a little heavily, they thought it was a flood. :^)
Sundaland drowned 12,000 years ago.
Actually, the ice age melt occurred in three stages, the first was about 12k years ago, the last was about 7k years ago. The Straits Of Mallaca opened after the 7k melt. Sea travel through there was impossible until the event 7k years ago.
Lots of pirates there....even today.
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