The Origins of Civilization, Gil Stein

“The Middle East was the first place where people domesticated plants (ca. 8300 BCE) and animals (ca. 7500 BCE), ushering in the Neolithic period with its characteristic village economies based on food production. However, domestication of plants and animals took place independently in a number of different parts of the world. Local cultures in North America, Mesoamerica, South America, China, and Africa each domesticated their own unique sets of plants and animals” Thought to Think: The areas where modern civilization emerged are now what we (you, me, and others reading this post) are the least civilized areas of the world (China excepted.) What are we missing? Are we on the wrong side of history?

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