Readings

Lahr, M.M, F. Rivera, R.K. Power, A. Mounier, B. Copsey, F. Crivellaro, J.E. Edung, J.M Maillo Fernandez, C. Kiarie, J. Lawrence, A. Leakey, E. Mbua, H. Miller, A. Muigai, D.M Mukhongo, A. Van Baelen, R. Wood, J.L. Schwenninger, R. Grun, H. Achyuthan, A. Wilshaw, & R.A. Foley. (2016). Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya. Nature 529: 394-398. DOI:10.1038/nature16477.
Diamond, J. 1997. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: Chapter 6 – To Farm or Not to Farm. Norton: New York, USA.
Naithani, S. (2021). History and Science of Cultivated Plants: Chapter 2 - The Origins of Crop Plants. Pressbooks.

Videos

Mankind: The Story of All of Us “The Birth of Farming” (History documentary) (duration 03:17) (Dec. 2, 2012) (related to Lecture #1)

Guns Germs and Steel Documentary (Part 1) *Only view from 09:56-14:20 and 16:00-24:08 (July 23, 2013) (related to Lectures #1 thru #3)

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