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Perhaps it's a good clue on where to plant crops?
by merpnderp 7y ago
Perhaps it's a good clue on where to plant crops?
- dTal 7y agoAgriculture is unlikely to be the reason it evolved, as agriculture is only a few tens of thousands of years old. However fertile soil is also a good sign if you are a hunter/gatherer; it implies rich plant life, and therefore things to gather and maybe also things to hunt.
- empath75 7y agoThere are other relatively recent adaptations due to farming, some of which are quite complex, like lactose tolerance.
- dodobirdlord 7y agoAdult lactose tolerance isn't much of a change, because humans were already lactose tolerant as infants. The evolutionary complexity to keep producing enzymes into adulthood is minor compared to the complexity of evolving those enzymes to begin with.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoAgriculture and pastoralism are 2 different things.