Did Bread or Beer Create Civilization?

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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think this is about the fact that when we analyse the remains of ancient people we find that most early farmers had a very meat heavy diet so they weren't eating most of the grain they grew. Most of it was likely being used for animal feed to produce the meat but some could be for alcohol.