the day the machine had produced 100 cubic centimeters of ammonia
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the day the machine had produced 100 cubic centimeters of ammonia
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for example, believed men were created five times, each generation being an improvement over the last. Teosinte was said to have been man’s principal food
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Even orange carrots are man-made. Carrots were originally white and purple, and the sweeter orange variety was created by Dutch horticulturalists in the sixteenth century as a tribute to William I, Prince of
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daily use of a saddle quern to grind grain. Dental remains show th
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rachis becomes brittle, so that wh
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they searched for food, the people saw a dog coming toward them with bunches of long, yellow seeds hanging from its tail. They planted the seeds, which grew into rice and dispelled their hunger forever. In a different series of rice myths, told in Indonesia and throughout the islands of Indochina, rice appears as a delicate and virtuous maiden. The
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The tale of the creation of the world and the emergence of civilization told by the Sumerians, the ancient inhabitants of what is now southern Iraq,
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Agriculture employs 41 percent of the human race, more than any other activity, and accounts for 40 percent of the world’s land area. (About a third of this land is used for crop production, and about two thirds provide pasture for livestock.) And the same three foods that underpinned
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Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a catalyst of social transformation, societal organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion.