Marcia Bakry/The National Museum of Natural History
Posted on 08/15/2008 11:05:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The invention of agriculture was a pivotal event in human history, but archaeologists studying its origins may have made a simple error in dating the domestication of animals like sheep and goats. The signal of the process, they believed, was the first appearance in the archaeological record of smaller boned animals. But in fact this reflects just a switch to culling females, which are smaller than males, concludes Melinda Zeder, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institution.
Using a different criterion, that of when herds first show signs of human management, Dr. Zeder finds that goats and sheep were first domesticated about 11,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought, with pigs and cattle following shortly afterwards. The map, from her article in the August 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows the regions and dates where the four species were first domesticated. Other dates, color-coded as to species, show where domesticated animals first appear elsewhere in the Fertile Crescent.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Marcia Bakry/The National Museum of Natural History
A Potted History of Milk
PhysOrg.com | August 2008 | University of Bristol
Posted on 08/08/2008 11:30:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen
Science Daily | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | adapted from materials by University of Toronto
Posted on 07/22/2008 11:10:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Maize (Corn) May Have Been Domesticated In Mexico As Early As 10,000 Years Ago
Science Daily | 6-27-2008 | American Society of Plant Biologists
Posted on 06/29/2008 2:03:58 PM PDT by blam
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Ancient Mediterranean craft traditions to lead to new computing paradigm
AlphaGalileo | Monday, August 4, 2008 | University of Leicester
Posted on 08/09/2008 7:10:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Well, now we know where Atlantis really was.
Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis
Source: ABC (Australia) | January 30, 2008 - 9:47AM | U/A
Posted on 01/29/2008 9:36:38 PM PST by Fred Nerks
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How Prehistoric Farmers Saved Us From A New Ice Age
The Guardian (UK) | 3-6-2005 | Robin McKie
Posted on 03/06/2005 3:02:28 PM PST by blam
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Prehistoric Row Erupts Over Hunter-Gatherer Riddle
The Age | 2-19-2004
Posted on 02/20/2004 12:04:12 PM PST by blam
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An origin of new world agriculture in coastal Ecuador (12,000 BP)
Eureka | Public release date: 13-Feb-2003 | Dr. Dolores Piperno
Posted on 02/14/2003 1:34:27 PM PST by vannrox
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Rainforest Researchers Hit Paydirt
(Farming 11K Years Ago in South America)
University Of Vermont | 8-29-2002 | Lynda Majarian
Posted on 08/30/2002 10:11:59 AM PDT by blam
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Actually, Atlantis was located in south central New Jersey. I know this because it hasn't been found everywhere else.
somewhere between Hammonton and Vineland
I thought you were going to say you knew this because they speak an unintelligible language there. ;^)
Nah. Between Rockwood and Friendship.
you’re prolly right
btt
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