garbage ... agriculture stared in east Asia too and most probably earlier
"Chapter 16 -- Cain and Abel -- Shepherds or farmers? - Who was the hero, Cain or Abel? - Are Cain and Abel motifs related to the Adonis/Attis/Osiris type? - Sumerian parallels - An eastern origin of the two-brothers conflict - The two warring brothers in Maluku and Melanesia - Kulabob and Manup - Kulabob and Manup: the core story - Pale-skinned brothers from the West? - the start of the odyssey - Episode 1: Kilibob leaves Madang - Episode 2: leatherskins, trevally and kingfish - Episode 3: Mala's travels on Umboi - Episode 4: Ambogim - Episode 5: The tree of wealth and plenty - Episode 6: Namor's Ark - History or myth? - Two brothers in the Sepik- Basin? - Two brothers spread east to the Pacific Epilogue -- Filling in the gaps - The trail West - Problems with dates of migration - Some stories can be dated - Just what did the East teach the West? "