Posted by:
SL Cabbie
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Date: May 24, 2020 11:12PM
I wouldn't be rolling over for this alleged fact-checking so easily.
Just as an obvious example, that date about Mesoamerica is utterly laughable. Corn was domesticated 8700 years ago, and scientists recognize a similar date for potatoes in the Andes.
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2009/03/23/corn-domesticated-from-mexican-wild-grass-8700-years-ago/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171213161108.htmThe Nile River Valley was first inhabited circa 6000 BCE, but the term "Fertile Crescent" (which included Mesopotamia as well) was coined in 1914 by James Henry Breasted. He included the Nile Valley as well, a practice still followed; here is a contemporary interpretation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile_Crescent>> The western zone around the Jordan and upper Euphrates rivers gave rise to the first known Neolithic farming settlements (referred to as Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA)), which date to around 9,000 BCE and includes very ancient sites such as Göbekli Tepe and Jericho (Tell es-Sultan).
This claim, "Most experts view the Nile Valley as a later extension of the Fertile Crescent's agriculture," ignores the geography of Egypt and amounts, IMO, to unwarranted hyper-diffusionist speculation. It's quite reasonable to suggest that agriculture arose independently in both areas.
As for speculation about life arising elsewhere, I'll borrow a line from my friend Kirby: "Beats the $#!% out of me."
I don't see its relevance to this discussion, however.