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nygdan t1_ixmcvn0 wrote

This is also how you get over the millenia long "usefulness" gap between wild food and fully domesticated crops. People sometimes ask "how was agriculture useful in the stages where the food wasn't nutritious enough". They grew it for spices and seasoning.

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Liar_tuck t1_ixnn8n5 wrote

And possibly beer.

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nygdan t1_ixorkpx wrote

Beer is definitely part of it, the Natufian cultures apparently were invested in beer production.

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Liar_tuck t1_ixos5aa wrote

Saw a documentary about that years ago. Wish I could remember what it was called. Its was really interesting.

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