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by zerogreen on August 14th, 2003

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If life originated from Africa, why did Africa evolve technology more slowly than Europe?

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  • by LaserFalson on July 21st, 2005

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    The question merely asks about Africa, not sub-Saharan Africa. Further, Sub-Saharan Africa did in fact possess many of the same technological advances, like the wheel. The rulers of North Africa kingdoms wasted no time in moving southward along the Nile and beyond; this directly benefited everyone that they came into contact with as they left their skill sets behind. Also there is an interesting book, called Germs, Guns, and Steal, that speaks about some of the problems facing regions of the world that retain hunter gatherer life styles for many millennia. This has much to do with their ability to advance agriculturally, which regions that lacks high protein foods like grain, (which are naturally prevalent in Europe and the Middle East, as is rice from Asia) are unable to do. The book talks mostly about specific regions of South America, but does touch on parts of Africa, furthest from the Fertile Crescent, a bit too.

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