Well today in Human Geo we covered more of the Germs, Guns,
and Steel movie. This one talked about how domesticated animals are very
important to why civilizations could evolve faster than others. That there are
over 2 million different animal species on the world and only a fraction of
them could be tamed for human use. The best animals to tame would be over 100
pounds, would eat plants, and provides products other than just meat. So only
14 animals in the world meet the criteria, and have been domesticated in the
past by humans. These 14 animals are Cows, Pigs, Water Buffalo, Bali Cattle,
sheep, Goats, Horses, Donkeys, Bactrian Camels, Arabian Camels, Yaks, Mithans,
reindeer, and llamas. 13 of these 14 animals are found in Asia, Europe, and the
Middle East. The last animals are found in South America and it is the llama. This
helps explain why New Guanine didn’t evolve too much since they didn’t have any
of these important animals or any important plants. They spent all there time
looking for food, while these places in the Europe, and the Middle East didn’t
have to worry about food as much, so some people worked on food in society,
while others could start to work on other skills. That would better their
village. Then people in these regions started to make permanent houses, that
they would decorate, and make it theirs. So the people the Middle East had the
advantage of location, plants, and animals. So in a way they just got plain
lucky.
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