The question of why agriculture didn’t occur in some of the most fertile areas is asked again in this chapter. For this question, there could be two possible reasons: either the problem was with the inhabitants or with the plants and crops. Jared Diamond gives three examples: the Fertile Crescent, New Guinea, and the eastern US. The Fertile Crescent, one of the areas with the earliest food production, had three advantages. First, the climate which was suitable for plant domestication. The second advantage was that the ancestor crops were already useful and more resourceful to farmers. Finally, the Fertile Crescent contained many self-pollinating crops. These factors led to the Fertile Crescent being one of the most productive food domestication
