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Jiang says the Natufians had the technological capacity to farm because they had domesticated crops, but they chose to garden for pleasure while mostly hunting and gathering.
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"the reason why we know, there's a lot of evidence, but one reason why we know is that they basically hunted gazelles. Gazelles are..."
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"So, basically, the way they developed this technology is for gardening, right? They were hunting and gathering most of the time. But some of..."
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