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wnylib

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7. Agriculture in Africa 600,000 years ago

Reply to llashram (Reply #1)

Tue May 10, 2022, 06:33 PM

May 2022

is pretty impressive. That's 500,000 years before modern humans. Before the world's Homo sapiens ancestors evolved in Africa.

Where are the pre Homo sapiens agricultural sites in Africa and do you have a link to information about them?

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africans were llashram May 2022 #1

Agriculture in Africa 600,000 years ago wnylib May 2022 #7

destruction llashram May 2022 #13

I see. Thank you. wnylib May 2022 #17

How amazing! PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #2

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Partially agree about the connection between grain domestication and brewing alcohol Warpy May 2022 #5

Fair enough. Mostly I'm having a little light-hearted fun. Gaugamela May 2022 #6

Maybe, but you were right Warpy May 2022 #8

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I don't think you can tie any one concoction to anything in deeper time Warpy May 2022 #18

Interesting. A lot of archaeologists have discounted the temple idea Warpy May 2022 #4

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Ceremony leaves traces Warpy May 2022 #11

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Consider their time Warpy May 2022 #19

Absence of sacrifice is not an indicator of wnylib May 2022 #20

Anyone who insists it was a place of religious ceremony needs to prove it. Warpy May 2022 #21

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