Today in Human-Geography we continued to watch the
documentary about how societies became so diverse from each other. In Jared
Diamond’s theory we all became so diverse merely because of geographic luck. This
includes animals of many kinds being located in certain areas. Of the one
hundred forty eight plant-eating mammals that weigh over one hundred pounds, we
have only domesticated about fourteen of them and have been able to use them
for our own needs. These animals that we have domesticated include: goats,
sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, Bactrian camels, Arabian camels, water
buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yacks, mithans, and Bali cattle. The first animals
we have domesticated were the goat and sheep in the Middle East followed by the
larger animals that we have today. Most of the animals we have today however
started in areas like Australia, America, and Africa. In New Guinea where the
documentary is focused the New Guineans first domesticated pigs which came from
Asia. Tommorrow we’ll learn even more about Jared Diamond and what he has
learned from his own experienced and education.
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