- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ABOUT LEGUMES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What are legumes? Examples: Alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts, tamarind. Description: Basically dry, compact fruit that comes out of a carpal, which is usually within or protruding from the center of the flower, often near the stamens. Relevance: Legumes, grains and dairy are the three food types that were not familiar to humans until the NEOLITHIC period, the last of of the Stone Age, also called the New Stone Age. Before that, we were hunter-gatherers of the paleolithic period; after that, around 10,200 BC, we began farming and starting to invent specialized tools. This lead us to the use of metals, between 4,500 and 2,000 BC. Because these periods are defined according to how we lived, they change in the books every time a new archaeological find is made, such as a metal tool. If it is dated in the lab to be older, the books must revise the dates for that period. You hear 10,000 years thrown around a lot for when we started farming. Its probably nearer 12,000. Jericho: The Bible will give many of you some warm fuzzies as it brings to life this, the oldest continuously populated city in the world. https://youtube/watch?v=Dx8S-Mfj4wU
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 03:45:07 +0000