Human, Rice, and Water Buffalo in Southeast Asian Culture
When did humans first learn to cultivate rice? Many academic fields use “rice” as an object of study for human society because the evolution of rice cultivation reflects the relationship between humans and their environment, as well as the relationships among humans themselves during the transition from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural society. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans in the Yangtze River Basin consumed rice more than ten thousand years ago and began cultivating it approximately 6,000 years ago, before spreading to other regions.
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