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AT the present moment there is a widespread misunderstanding of the nature of the evidence that is now available to suggest how, when, and where the practice of tilling the soil began. It is not my intention to traverse the whole field so fully explored in 1921 by Prof. Thomas Cherry in his address on “The Discovery of Agriculture,” delivered at a meeting of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science; but new information is now available that confirms the accuracy of his statement, which should dispel the doubts and difficulties that have arisen.
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SMITH, G. The Beginning of Agriculture. Nature 119, 81–82 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119081a0
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