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I liked the book, and the (geographic network) advantage for Eurasia was a fair point, but the arguments that domestication couldn't work on most wildlife of th
by foolmeonce 6y ago
I liked the book, and the (geographic network) advantage for Eurasia was a fair point, but the arguments that domestication couldn't work on most wildlife of the Americas struck me as pure survivorship bias.
Really there are simpler answers for why a high density northern population would have to put up with animal husbandry, while any low density population with hunting opportunities would tend to find it a pointless burden.