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Posted on 10/07/2025 7:46:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a statement released by the University of Cologne, a new study of grains grown by Neolithic farmers who lived in what is now Germany suggests that they diversified their crops more quickly than previously thought. Between 5400 and 4900 B.C., central Europe's first farmers grew emmer and einkorn. The outer husks of these grains must be removed before the grain can be processed. "Naked" grains, which do not have an outer hull, were introduced between about 4900 and 4500 B.C. Analysis of charred grains from 72 sites in Germany, dated to between the late sixth and early fourth millennia B.C., indicates that the "naked" grains were adopted quickly. "The integration of new types of grain made agriculture more resilient and flexible," said team leader Silviane Scharl of the University of Cologne. "It enabled not only the cultivation of winter crops, but also summer crops and the potential use of a greater variety of soils, as well as a possible reduction in labor," she explained. The study further suggests that after about 4350 B.C., the diversity of Neolithic crops declined, perhaps because cattle farming was on the rise. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Journal of Archaeological Science. To read about grain silos at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha, go to "Ancient Tax Time: Royal Food Fund."
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No they grew sauerkraut as their only crop.
Although the bronze age and the iron age quaver, the Stone age stands like a rock against the quakes of time and scholarshio?
That strain gave us Pop Corn.
Yup, in Precolumbian America.
The market for better quality mead spurred this innovation. ;D
I get parched just looking at it. Most of the grains aboriginal peoples harvested around here were pretty chaffy. Final yields were likely horrible. OTOH, they labored so in part due to sympatric competition.
It would be interesting to juxtapose technological timelines from different parts of the world for sequences and discontinuities. It might do a lot to help identify what was holding things back for so long in more “primitive” societies.
To me, with the example of meso-American cities really not that far away, it is strange to me that so many North American Indians were so backward by comparison for so long, particularly because sign language was so uniform.
They came up with some nice colors, though.
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Refrigeration started in Germany because they cold brew their beer, and used caves. Then the population rose too high to keep up with their beer production. 🍺🍻
Great, now I want a reuben.
Yuck.
Just answer the important questions!!!
Could they make those BEER with grans or with out sheaths....
People want to know.
The study further suggests that after about 4350 B.C., the diversity of Neolithic crops declined,...
Possibly because they found the best grain to make good beer....
I suspect geography has much to do with your question. Development of cities and the innovation they foment make more sense in the relatively compacted areas of Central America and west of the Andes, compared to the limitless forests and plains of the rest of North and South America.
He was a baaad dude!...............
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