1/28/19

Today in class we watched more of the video with Jared Diamond about different civilizations called Guns, Germs and steel. We learned more about geographical luck and domestication of plants and animals. We learned about the different animals used for farming. We found out that only fourteen animal species out of millions are domesticated for farming. Some of those fourteen are Bali cattle, pigs, horses, sheep, goat, and Arabic camels. These are because they reach the "requirements" in order to be a farm animal. Those requirements are, easy to domesticate, can reproduce within the first two years of life, over one hundred pounds,  and can be able to bear a large load or move a plow. These animals are also known as The Beasts of Burden. They are very important to the farming lifestyle. However, none of these animal species are native to New Guinea which makes it impossible for them to domesticate them and use them for farming. All of Papua New Guinea's farming is done by manpower and their stone tools. Granted it takes longer but it works. They have been doing this for the past 40,000 years. Nothing has changed since then.