... century backlash, which led to the opinion that New World man was a relatively newcomer. Grounded on solid evidence- fossil bones and tools whose ages could be generally agreed upon, man had not arrived in America until well after the end of the last ice age, when the great ice ... hand, the groundwork was laid for a civilization. Increase in the population; larger families - larger societies. While farming was slowly spreading from the Middle East, where it originated in around 8000 BC. It was also spreading independently in other parts of the ancient world. During the next 4000 years ....

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