The book by Massimo Pigliucci.
The subtitle of the book is “How to Tell Science from Bunk“
I am up to page 48 and I read something that is so obvious but had not occured to me before now. I have spoken to friends and they, too, had not realised this.
Namely, that the fact that “…. a variation on the old latitudinal hypothesis ….. explains a major causal factor explaining the rise of more successful civilizations in Euroasia, say, than in sub-Saharan Africa or on the American continent, is that Euroasia expands along an East-West axis.“
This East-West expansion provides greater opportunity for the invention of agriculture and the domestication of, say, the horse. Simply because feed crops are easier to grow owing to the smaller change in weather patterns. Unlike, the North-South expansion, where there is the problem of having to adjust to different weather towards the North or towards the South.
Here is the book from Amazon.
It is a very interesting book.
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Sounds interesting. But to diminish the north/south axis for me anyway, would be to diminish a history so ancient we are only now getting glimpses of it as the ice melts. This earth has gone through many, many climate changes in her history.
Glad you are enjoying the book! 🙏🌏🌳🌺
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Bela, it is a very interesting read.
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