Monday, January 7, 2013

More about our friend Jared

all civilizations have had - advanced technology, large population, well organized work forces
cargo- goods, paper, music players, what you own, take with you, and use
colonists- believed they were genetically better than the New Guineans-Jared Diamond disagreed saying it all  depends on your situation, area and skills
women gathered- gathering was more efficient than hunting
sego- barley and wheat was farmed in the middle east
drought lased more than 1,000 years- people then learned to grow their own food
drah- an archaeological sight- the oldest village discovered- dated 11.5 thousand years ago
granary- place to store grain- how they survived
domestication- domesticating crops- finding it and planting it
china- rice
america- corn, squash, beans
Africa- sorghum, millet, yams
^^New Guinea was not as fortunate

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