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When & where did farming begin?

“The roots of farming began in the areas of present day Turkey and the Middle East about 10,000 years ago. Over 80 percent of mankind's diet is provided by the seeds of less than a dozen plant species.”

Reference: http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/story-of-farming.htm

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Fact about the prairie dog language

Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.

LFA is low frequency active sonar

LFA stands for Low Frequency Active sonar, a technology used by submarines to "see." Unfortunately even one hundred miles from the source of a LFA source animals experience the equivalent of decompression sickness, killing every dolphin, porpoise, orca, and whale within 100-300 miles, depending on the decibal. It's no good for humans either.

Interesting fact about humans

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms

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