Practice Of Farming Reaches Back Farther Than Thought (Panama - 7,800YA)

Eureka Alert ^ | 2-19-2007 | Gregory Harris (University Of Calgary)

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It appears that most things announced these days are farther in the past than believed.

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GGG Ping.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Interesting article.

[sure_fine]

bet they had some dand John Deere's

[edcoil]

The first city ever recorded was Enoc was in Genesis Four. Organized groups did various things for the city - masons built, and farmers provided food for them.

Is this farther back then that?

[xcamel]

[sure_fine]

I see some Amish around here still using those

[carolinalivin]

I'm really condused by CE, AD and every other reference to what year it is these days. What is YA?

[blam]

"What is YA?"

LOL. Years Ago.

[carolinalivin]

well that's a tough one, lol!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Since this article (and the research) was apparently using the standard, Macroevolutionary timescale, this is older than the universe, if the Bible states that the universe is roughly 6,000 Earth-years old. (time is relative, hence the Earth-years).

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

CE is the same as AD; it's counterpart is BCE (Before the Common Era) which is the same as BC.

[Dysart]

Sort of topical-- PBS NOVA is showing "America's Stone Age Explorers" tonight at 7pm Central. I think this is the premier tonight; should be interesting.


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/

[blam]

"Sort of topical-- PBS NOVA is showing "America's Stone Age Explorers" tonight at 7pm Central. I think this is the premier tonight; should be interesting."

Thanks. Does anyone know what channel that is on DirecTV?

[Publius6961]

England outlawed slavery in 1833. By 1850, there could not have been a single moral person in this country who didn't understand that it was evil. Your defense of this institution is laughable.,p>Uh oh...

Does that mean that the "Cradle of Civilization' isn't?

[Publius6961]

Since there is no written form of the old testament known to be older than 2000 years, yeah. That would be older.

[carolinalivin]

Thanx for taking the time. I know this stuff. I was just trying to make a funny with the question and a half-serious comment at the same time.

[Dysart]

PBS is 384 on my DTV system and I assume it's the same where you are. I don't get that channel, though (it might be HD programming). I'll be watching the local PBS station here.

[Dysart]

BTW, and tragically, this is a repeat. Matter of fact, I think I may have seen this one before if it's the episode that "introduces" the Salutorian people's Atlantic crossing theory. If so, it's a couple of yrs old.

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"BTW, and tragically, this is a repeat. Matter of fact, I think I may have seen this one before if it's the episode that "introduces" the Salutorian people's Atlantic crossing theory. If so, it's a couple of yrs old."

Thanks. That solves that problem, I've seen that one too.