> The big advantages of grains HAVE NOTHING
> to do with field size, ease of planting, ease of
> growing, or ease of harvest.
The biggest advantage seems to have been that grains quickly and easily
ferment.
Hence, the transition from hunter-gather-nomadic to settled groups and
"civilization" itself.
At least, that's what they say down at my local watering holes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civilizati
on.html
http://tinyurl.com/acmc2uf
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