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- 200,000 yrs ago- homo sapiens
- 50,000-language etc
- 12,00- agriculture |
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| corn, rice, wheat--2/3 of calories on planet come from direct consumption of grains |
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| indicative that we weren't evolved to eat some things--dairy, gluten <-- medical evidence that agricultural diet isn't natural |
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- kalahari desert
- just about S. Africa-Botwana etc
- best studied of hunting and gathering groups, still until about 2 decades ago
- most calories come from plants, very varied, from diverse variety of sources--2400 calories daily, more than enough protein
- agricultural society: sold out for higher food security and |
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- Pleistocene--1.5m015,00 years ago
- megafauna: super huge animals |
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- fertile crescent
- middle east: people are forced to congegate near water supplies, then forced(?) to grow crops--the fertile crescent--grow grains over the winter, harvest them and store them for the rest of the year |
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- neolithic revolution: the new stone age (vs paleolithic)
- after that, bronze, then iron ages--terms of technology
- neolithic revolution is the origins of agriculture |
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| domesticated annual member of the grass family--we consume the fruit, the grain |
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| Eastern north america: Chenopodium album--lamb's quarters, goose foot |
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| not grown by E. North Am until 1000 ad; switched because the grain was bigger, more productive |
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| can make flour out of it but it's not a cereal grain |
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| Quinoa, chenopodium, amaranth contain more protein than corn |
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| native americans and aztec's main source of protein from meat |
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| two-row wild barley vs. domesticated barley |
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| domesticated barley produces more grains |
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| origins of foods before global trade |
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| - strawberry is from both virginia and chile; hybrid |
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