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It's probably something more like the wheat and barley was waste and they peed in the same area they dumped their waste. One family noticed their barley was sp
by RandallBrown 7y ago
It's probably something more like the wheat and barley was waste and they peed in the same area they dumped their waste.
One family noticed their barley was sprouting, while another's didn't. Shortly after, the family with the sprouts had a baby. It could have taken generations for this to be actually used as a pregnancy test.
- ardy42 7y agoIt's also possible that there was some theory behind it that was wrong but happened to lead to an accurate technique.
- nerdponx 7y agoI was going to suggest this. The Romans for example took a lot of medical interest in urine.
- TheCondor 7y agoIt's still a remarkable observation. Presumably urination was a private thing then as it is now. It seems like a coin toss between some 'shaman' suggesting it and it turned out to be true vs the many observations that had to happen. Women generally have a good idea, perhaps some women started to observe it as they maybe didn't want more children and didn't want men to know about it and we worried about each and every possible indication that could reveal it.
- roel_v 7y agoUrination isn't really private in most of the world outside the West.
- dboreham 7y agoOr Claire from Outlander told them.
- JauntTrooper 7y agoIt may also have been observed in livestock.