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By. Megan Foster

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Originally used to describe how far you

would go to defend your view of things.

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What we were has changed because

what we know has changed.

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Up to the 15th

Century, people memorized

Chants/Songs as a way of passing

down history

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• Modern Finance- 17th Century

• Literacy- 15th Century

• The Idea of Progress- 19th

Century

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They are still to this day living as

Hunter/Gatherers

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They grew Barley and Wheat

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There are nearly 2 million known species of animals

Vast Majority of them have never been farmed

Most Insects and Rodents are not worth the effort of farming

Some Birds, Fish, and Reptiles have been domesticated

So have many large Carnivores(most of which are simply impractical to farm, not because they are dangerous, but because you’d have to grow other animals just to feed them)

The best animals to farm are large, plant eating mammals

Despite repeated efforts, Africans have never succeeded in domesticating the Elephant

148 species of domesticated plant eating mammals that grow to 100lbs+

Number successfully farmed for any extended period of time is on 14 (Bactrian Camels, Arabian Camels, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cows, Horses, Donkeys, Water Buffalo, Llama, Reindeer, Yaks, Mithans, and Bali Cattle)

South America had Ancestor to Llama

All others had origins in Asia, North America, and Europe

Cows, Pigs, Sheep, and Goats Are native to the Middle East

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This allows them to retain their body

heat better to keep them warmer

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Not only do they tell us how old a tree is, they also explain to us the

conditions in which that tree has been living. We can discover the amount

of water and sunlight the tree has received,

and any evidence of catastrophic events

during the trees lifetime, simply by