I got it at once.
Except if you go back and look at the original article, they’re resurrecting retro-viruses from 100,000 years ago and more. The agricultural revolution was 8000 years ago, maybe 10,000 years tops.
I seriously doubt there were any farms anywhere outside of anthills 100,000 years ago.
If men did figure out agriculture that long ago, relative to everyone else figuring it out, I figure we would either all be speaking one language under one government, or have already reached Alpha Centauri by now.
And the entire planet would be a desert, instead of just the ones we have now.