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It's worth noting that nobody lived on a farm before humans started doing agriculture.
by InitialLastName 5y ago
It's worth noting that nobody lived on a farm before humans started doing agriculture.
- WalterBright 5y agoI'd be shocked if hunter-gatherers didn't know that animal babies came from the male impregnating the female. They could hardly miss it living in the wild.
- earleybird 5y agoSámi to this day manage herds of reindeer. I'd characterize it as farming after a manner. The reindeer for all practical purposes wild, yet they are cared for and benefit the Sámi. I expect they know how little reindeer come to be. Off in eastern Siberia Tuvans were (until relatively recently) nomadic herders with at least one sub group being reindeer herders. It seems like a logical step from managing wild herds to domesticating wild animals and I'm curious as to why domestication happens in some places and not in others. Then again, if it's working, why mess with it. :-)