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Civilization Exists Because of Beer & Other Prehistory Facts
Civilization is derived from the Latin civilis (“civil”) and civitas (“city”). It could not have started until our stone age ancestors learned how to grow grains, and traded their hunter-gatherer lifestyle for…
Ancient History
10 Things About the Agricultural Revolution, History’s Greatest Revolution
About 12,000 years ago, some humans took up agriculture - animal husbandry, followed soon thereafter by farming - instead of…
People
The Unexpectedly Violent History of Red Hair
History has dealt a mixed hand to the redhead. Alternatively admired or derided for the color of their crowning glory,…