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The Holocene was our Garden of Eden.
From Eden to farming · David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
The Holocene was our Garden of Eden.
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Its rhythm of seasons was so reliable that it gave our own species a unique opportunity.
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Why it's worth practising
A garden image drops into the plain act of farming, and one verb lets every later civilization arrive without a list.
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