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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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..."
"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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