How Agriculture Spread around the World (IMAGE)

University of Washington

How Agriculture Spread around the World

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This time-lapse map shows how extensive agriculture (noncontinuous cultivation, or the "beginnings" of farming) spread as a percentage of land use. To highlight land use in Oceania, four groups of islands are represented by icons.

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Nicolas Gauthier/Arizona State University for ArchaeGLOBE

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