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[–] frog@feddit.uk 187 points 1 month ago (28 children)

Wheat is easier to grow and requires less water. The first farmers in the Middle East became farmers almost acidentally. When they transported the wheat, the dropped crop started growing more and closer to where they were processing it. Eventually some of them decided they would rather grow the wheat than being part of a nomadic tribe. This will eventually lead to a population boom where women would have children every year rather than every four years.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Are you saying wheat domesticated early man?

[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

It's more accurate to say all plants have always domesticated humans. We came after them, we depend on them to survive, we're required to consume their waste to live, so we can't live without them. They, however, have the option of consuming our waste to live, but are perfectly capable of living without us, and will likely continue to do so after we're extinct.

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