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OAITW r.2.0

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1. IDK, but a few thousand years doesn't sound like "at the same time".

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:43 AM

Mar 18

The geological scale is "at the same time", but a few thousand years in human evolution seems like a reasonable timeframe for human civilizations to all acquire the skills to adopt farming techniques.

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