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... wild seeds including wild wheat and barley . These preagricultural sedentary villages have revolutionized all previous theories concerning the origin of agriculture . Prior to 1960 it was generally believed that settled village life ...
... wild seeds including wild wheat and barley . These preagricultural sedentary villages have revolutionized all previous theories concerning the origin of agriculture . Prior to 1960 it was generally believed that settled village life ...
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... wild plants . The appearance of seed - grinding equipment in Mexico at this time parallels the increased use of such ... wild animals , 40 percent from wild plants , and about 6 percent from domesticated plants such as squash , amaranth ...
... wild plants . The appearance of seed - grinding equipment in Mexico at this time parallels the increased use of such ... wild animals , 40 percent from wild plants , and about 6 percent from domesticated plants such as squash , amaranth ...
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... wild amaranth are far less productive than the wild ancestors of wheat and barley ( Flannery 1973 ) . Second , New World opportunities for animal domestication were limited by a lack of suitable wild species . The only New World animal ...
... wild amaranth are far less productive than the wild ancestors of wheat and barley ( Flannery 1973 ) . Second , New World opportunities for animal domestication were limited by a lack of suitable wild species . The only New World animal ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
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