Jared Diamond argues that the Australian continent was incapable of progressing humanity to agrarianism or the iron age because it lacked three things; a domesticatable animal, domesticatable plants; and finally, because of its isolation as a landmass there was little to no osmosis of technology between societies and cultures. (more)
Jared Diamond argues that Australia has poor soil fertility due to the lack of recent volcanic or glacial activity. The areas that did have glaciers over-turning the land were the area south of Fremantle and the Adelaide area. By Australian standards these are very fertile - by world standards they are average.
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.. what were Easter Islanders saying as they cut down the last tree on the island?(more)
