New doubts on whether early humans were forced to start farming

ENN
Feb 7, 2017, 9:28 am112 pts
The development of agriculture is universally believed to underpin some of the most significant advances made by humans worldwide. In New Guinea, where one of the earliest human experiments with tropical forest agriculture occurred, researchers have cast doubt on two views about the origins of agriculture.

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