@Scholars_Stage @akarlin88 ..selection pressures. the most obvious thing i think is that some pops must be more adapted to agri than others.
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@hbdchick@Scholars_Stage +1 Paleo good 4 individuals; Agriculture good 4 groups - 100 malnourished peasant soldiers will defeat 10 hunters.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@akarlin88@Scholars_Stage "Paleo good 4 individuals; Agriculture good 4 groups" - yes. i think that's prolly right.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 That is why agriculture beat the nomads. But what happened in the 10,000 years AFTER that? HBD peeps talk about all1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 ^kind of crazy adaptations and pressures. But really, two greatest pressures since adoption of agriculture? 1) Disease1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 2) The food agriculturists eat. This is what killed most of humanity for most of history. Everything else is fluff.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Scholars_Stage@akarlin88 but that's the question: does the food agriculturalists eat kill them off BEFORE they reproduce? if not, then...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Well, life expectancy in neolithic was what - something close to 21? Most premoderns DID die before they had children.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Plus, thinking about it, I should expand terms from "agro diet" to "agro lifestyle." Food was just 1 part of the change1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Woah, so googled it and came across this: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Economics/Papers/2007/2007-14_paper.pdf … didn't expect 2 find something so relevant!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Scholars_Stage @akarlin88 neat! thanks. but the authors conclude that the benefits accrued from the neolithic revolution have to do with...
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