James McCann

But the official date is 2500 BC.

Yeah.

I actually enjoyed talking to him about non-archaeal, non-ancient history related stuff.

He has some interesting things about seeds.

He does a lot of work in seeds.

Okay.

No, it's actually really interesting how- Like the history of seeds.

Yeah.

So say if you have a wild plant, they can tell the difference between a wild plant and an agriculturally grown plant.

And the way is the seeds change.

So when you have a wild seed, it is more conducive to the growth of the plant if the seeds break off easier and scatter and they get into the ground easier.

So they break free of the plant.

But then when you use agriculture,

The seeds don't become important for the creation of new plants because you're always taking the seeds anyway and planting the seeds, right?

So those seeds are more robust and they hang on more.

Yeah.

So you could tell by looking at the actual seeds themselves whether it's an agriculturally-based seed or whether it's a wild seed.

That is good.

I hadn't thought about that.

Yeah.