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... grains . Such instruments reveal their function by a special sheen that is acquired by flint blades used to cut grass stems . Evidence of preagricultural grain - cutting , grain - roasting , or grain- storing village life has been found ...
... grains . Such instruments reveal their function by a special sheen that is acquired by flint blades used to cut grass stems . Evidence of preagricultural grain - cutting , grain - roasting , or grain- storing village life has been found ...
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... grain per hour , or for a family of experienced plant - collectors working over a three - week period to gather more grain than they could possibly consume in a whole year . As Kent Flannery has remarked , " After all , where can you go ...
... grain per hour , or for a family of experienced plant - collectors working over a three - week period to gather more grain than they could possibly consume in a whole year . As Kent Flannery has remarked , " After all , where can you go ...
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... grains . How was this selection reversed ? One theory is that when sheaths of tough - rachis grain were brought to the village to be threshed and winnowed , tough - rachis seeds would accidentally be scattered in the area around the ...
... grains . How was this selection reversed ? One theory is that when sheaths of tough - rachis grain were brought to the village to be threshed and winnowed , tough - rachis seeds would accidentally be scattered in the area around the ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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