You cant

literally not that hard to grow food

without animals

you dont *need* draft animals

Literally werent able to

they had large enough populations to have long distance trade and large stone structures

they just make it easier

You do but ok

and there were huge bonepiles dug up

@ArmouredHeart animal flesh was and continues to be the primary source of calories for humans. We owe our big brains to gathering shellfish and cracking open bones for marrow and fat, the value of which was improved by mastery of fire and discovery of cooking.

you furrow the ground

you toss in seeds

I mean unless youre a yam farmer in arrica

animals are not required

of refuse from cattle and hunted animals

draft animals increase efficiency

Im glad youre not a farmer lol

modern farmers dont use draft animals either?

You cant produce the food we need without aninal.shit and fertilizers

Yeah until recently

if you consider high tech farms they dont even use reapers

do you know

what a flood plain is?

lol

where did agricultural societies form?

Indus

MEsopotamia

Yangtze

what do these regions have in common?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/588794139634565141/632410731299602463/LETMEIN.mp4

fertile soil carried by rivers

you dont need domesticated animals to have naturally fertile soil

likewise you can create fertilizer out of decaying plants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oczj9-0m-cU

@Lucienne d'Anwyl pastorilization occurerd in the regions orimarily with goats

Domestication of aninals happened before farming

sure it did

dogs and such domesticated quite a while ago

but you dont need domesticated animaks

to farm

@ᛋᛉKLOᚢ it wasn't until much later after the discovery of agriculture that it was discovered that fertilising your crops made them grow better.