Re: Jomon References

On Sep 13, 1:53 pm, "Digger" <p.du...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"J.LyonLayden" <JosephLay...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Sep 13, 11:25 am, "Digger" <p.du...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"J.LyonLayden" <JosephLay...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
For instance, when a text book says that agriculture started
independently and seperately in Korea at 15,000 and Turkey in 10,000
and mesopotamia in 8,000 then we think "How can that be?"

Why shouldn't it be? Why shouldn't people of similar intellect presented
with similar problems in what are often similar environments come up with
similar solutions?

Well for one because they didn't. Rice cultivation in Korea happened
before the end of the last ice age.

I am talking about hypotheticals here. The dates are not important within
the context of the point I'm trying to make. I am talking about the idea of
indepenant development of ideas and techniques. It doesn't matter if it's
15,000 years or 150,000! Would be interested to know how far back you are
going when you talk about the end of the last ice age and would like to see
a peer-reviewed article which verifies this very early date for rice
cultivation, (as opposed to the exploitation of wild rice).


Rice is here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3207552.stm

Here's the article on Taro Tubers on the Solomon Islands (I don't know
why I thought it was New Guinea except that there was another article
claiming New Guinea was the first at a mere and unimpressive 10,000
years)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13618512.700-science-pacific-islanders-were-worlds-first-farmers-.html

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