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R_5_03 Verified Biology & Evolution

R_5_03 — Domestication of Plants and Agriculture

The domestication of plants — one of the most transformative events in human history — began independently in at least 10 geographic centers between ~12,000 and 5,000 years ago. The Fertile Crescent (wheat, barley, lenti

domestication agriculture Neolithic revolution Fertile Crescent teosinte maize

F_1_11 Credible Lost Connections

F_1_11 — Sweet Potato Paradox — Pre-Columbian Trans-Pacific Contact Evidence

The sweet potato paradox — the presence of Ipomoea batatas (a plant of unambiguous South American origin) across Polynesia in pre-Columbian contexts — is the single most widely accepted piece of evidence for trans-Pacifi

sweet potato Ipomoea batatas pre-Columbian trans-Pacific Polynesia South America

F_4_07 Verified Lost Connections

F_4_07 — Sundaland and the Eden East Hypothesis

Sundaland — the vast continental shelf of Southeast Asia that was exposed during Pleistocene low sea levels — represents one of the most significant lost landscapes in human prehistory. At the Last Glacial Maximum (~26,0

Sundaland Eden in the East Stephen Oppenheimer maritime civilization post-glacial flooding Austronesian dispersal

F_3_07 Verified Lost Connections

F_3_07 — Independent Origins of Plant Domestication

Plant domestication — the process by which wild species are genetically and morphologically transformed through human selection into cultivable, human-dependent crops — arose independently in at least 7–11 geographically

plant domestication agriculture origins Neolithic Revolution Fertile Crescent Yangtze Mesoamerica

F_1_12 Verified Lost Connections

F_1_12 — Beringia: Land Bridge, Migration, and Lost Landscape

Beringia — the vast landmass that periodically connected northeastern Asia to northwestern North America across what is now the Bering Strait and the shallow Chukchi and Bering Seas — was one of the most consequential ge

Beringia land bridge Bering Strait migration Americas peopling

F_1_17 Verified Lost Connections

F_1_17 — Austronesian Expansion: From Taiwan to Madagascar and Easter Island

The Austronesian expansion is the largest maritime diaspora in human history, spanning from Taiwan (c. 3500–3000 BCE) across the Pacific and Indian Oceans to ultimately reach Madagascar (c. 500–800 CE) in the west and Ra

Austronesian Out of Taiwan Lapita Polynesian voyaging outrigger canoe Madagascar

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