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Re:Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts... by curtis on Sunday May 06, 2018 @07:29PM (#17009253)
> what kept the mesopotamians away from farming from 20000-10000 years ago?

Actually, this is one that we do have a good answer for: The most recent Ice Age was still well in effect during that time period.

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Re:Wild Horses Can’t be Broken: Zebra Domestication Attempts... by improbable22 on Monday May 07, 2018 @03:26AM (#17010949)
Ah right, I forgot about that! Not that Iraq was anywhere near an ice sheet, but it was a whole lot drier.

Still, is the argument that there were no climatically suitable zones in 20k.BC? That they were smaller, too small for some critical mass of proto-farmers?

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