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Jiang says the current scholarly consensus favors religion as the most likely explanation for why humans settled down and ultimately farmed.
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Scholarly Consensus
Jiang says the current scholarly consensus favors religion as the most likely explanation for why humans settled down and ultimately farmed.
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"So that's a third theory the last theory is religion okay, meaning that we settle down in order to celebrate a religion to practice..."
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"So, back then, they really didn't care if you died. In fact, if you're an old person. You're probably like, you know what, I'd..."
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"...what I want to do, first I want to present the scholarly consensus. What is generally accepted? What is generally believed about these three..."
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"...to the threat of the Persians. Okay. So this is the scholarly consensus. Okay. But as I will show you later on, I disagree..."
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"...this theory of the perfect storm, even though it is the scholarly consensus. Alright? So I want to explain to you today, my theory..."
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"...argument I made to you last class, which is the general scholarly consensus, is that what drove, what compelled the transition to agriculture was..."
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