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Historical farmers spared us from glaciers however profoundly modified Earth’s local weather
New proof reveals that historic farming practices led to an increase within the atmospheric emission of the heat-trapping gases carbon dioxide and methane — an increase that has continued since, not like the pattern at some other time in Earth’s … Continue reading
Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans
5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya culture migrated into Europe from the Caspian steppe. In addition to innovations such as the wagon and dairy production, they brought a new language — Indo-European — that replaced most local languages the following millennia. … Continue reading
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Tiller the Hun? Farmers in Roman Empire converted to Hun lifestyle — and vice versa
New archaeological analysis suggests people of Western Roman Empire switched between Hunnic nomadism and settled farming over a lifetime. Findings may be evidence of tribal encroachment that undermined Roman Empire during 5th century AD, contributing to its fall. Strange & … Continue reading
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The world’s oldest farmers were insects
An international team of researchers has discovered the oldest fossil evidence of agriculture, not by humans, but by insects. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — ScienceDaily
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After the age of dinosaurs came the age of ant farmers
Soon after the demise of the dinosaurs, ants learned how to farm. The story of the mutualism between leafcutter ants and their fungal crop culminates in industrial-scale farming that surpasses even human farming in its efficiency. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils … Continue reading
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The world’s oldest farmers were insects
An international team of researchers has discovered the oldest fossil evidence of agriculture, not by humans, but by insects. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Early farmers from across Europe were direct descendants of Aegeans
For most of the last 45,000 years Europe was inhabited solely by hunter-gatherers. About 8,500 years ago a new form of subsistence – farming – started to spread across the continent from modern-day Turkey, reaching central Europe by 7,500 years … Continue reading
The first European farmers are traced back to Anatolia
Human material from the Anatolian site Kumtepe was used in the study. The material was heavily degraded, but yielded enough DNA for the doctorate student Ayca Omrak to address questions concerning the demography connected to the spread of farming. She … Continue reading
Scientists peg Anthropocene to first farmers
A new analysis of the fossil record shows that a deep pattern in the structure of plant and animal communities remained the same for 300 million years. Then, 6,000 years ago, the pattern was disrupted–at about the same time that … Continue reading
Early farmers exploited beehive products at least 8,500 years ago
Humans have been exploiting bees as far back as the Stone Age, according to new research. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily