FSN 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Malt Loaf, Gruel, Fruit Wine
1 Feb 2017
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Migrated out of africa 50,000 years ago. Life expectancy 19 out of 20 dead by the time they were 20 years old. Neolithic revolution domestication of animals and agriculture evolution. More than 7. 4 billion people on earth. Life expectancy (usa) 70-80 years old. It is unknown when beer was first brewed; was considered mystical and like magic. Around 12,000 bce, major ecological changes occur glaciers melt and ice retreats which led to fast evolving and growing vegetation. No beer before 10,000 bce, but widespread by 4000 bce. Documentation in the fertile crescent, mesopotamia, and egypt. *dual purpose feed (vegetative park) and seeds (fruits) 1 hour of work = 2lbs of cleared grain. Results of the natural proliferation of barley wheat: No longer would people harvest grain and bring it back to houses/caves. If they harvested all the seeds, they would have nothing the following year. Tough to chew stomach ache if eaten raw.
