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As presenter of Radio 4's Today
In his search for answers
Since 2007
This exploration of the foods of Islam begins with bread
generous and deeply moving
Against the Grain by James C. Scott paperback As presenter of Radio 4'sWhy did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges