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Dates for origins in oral, linguistics, written docs |
Written Documents and Inscriptions: Anywhere from 3000 BCE (Ancient Egypt) to less than 100 years ago
Oral Traditions: 1000 years ago at the absolute maximum, usually less, unless traditions have been written down Historical Linguistics: more than 10,000 years ago starts to get pretty shakyArchaeology: Earliest Human Ancestors, 6-7 million years ago |
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Neolithic Revolution |
Transition from nomadic foraging to settled agriculture from 8000 onwards Independent invention or diffusion? |
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Fertile Crescent domestications |
10000-4000 bc Wheat, barley Chickpeas, lentils cows, goats, sheep, pigs |
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holocene |
last 10000 years megafaunal extinction stability in climate and precipitation > start of agriculture Competitive intensification - greater inputs per unit of land and greater outputs in food |
