Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.

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I personally am not conscious of my accent.

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Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely,...

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The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond...

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Technology has to be invented or adopted.