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Ancient Farmers' Genetic Work Rivals Modern Science

Original: Despite the extraordinary advances of the past hundred years or so, the twentieth and twenty-first centuries by no means

A claim circulating among science commentators argues that despite a century of extraordinary advances, the twentieth and twenty-first centuries hold no monopoly on genetic insight. The point made is that anonymous ancient farmers carried out the single greatest application of genetics to human well-being eons ago, through domestication and selective breeding of crops and animals long before modern genetics existed.

Why now: The argument reframes genetics history by crediting prehistoric agriculture over modern science, a striking claim that invites discussion.

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• Despite the extraordinary advances of the past hundred years or so, the twentieth and twenty-first centuries by no means have a monopoly on genetic insight.... The single greatest application of genetics to human well-being was carried out eons ago by anonymous ancient farmers.… · wisdom@c.im

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