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Anon is an anthropologist (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Pleistocene (2,580,000 - 11,700 years ago) was fucking crazy cold and had a hella unstable climate. Not a nice predictable environment.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's the biggest reason why ~12,000 years ago was when modern humans really started taking off. The entire planet's climate changed in a way that made agriculture possible, and humans are really damn good at figuring out agriculture when we're able to