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We "invented" dogs?
Take an animal husbandry class. We invented more than just dogs, we ''invented'' every single domesticated species on the planet. You think thoroughbred horses are just found wild? Or Hereford cattle? Or how about the Japanese Wagyu cattle which produce $300 per pound Kobe beef? Yeah Kobe beef doesn't come from that same scrawny cow that gave you ...
Posted to Human Nature by slysly77 on April 17, 2008
Book Recommendation
I'm reading a Pulitzer-prize-winning book, called ''Guns, Germs, and Steel,'' by Jared Diamond. It's an analysis of why societies evolved the way they did. It starts by recounting some major events in Europe's conquest of the New World. It asks why it is that such an absurdly tiny collection of Spanish conquistadors were able to defeat the ...
Posted to Kausfiles Special by Arkady on June 22, 2007