By Samina Amir.
As for the development of agriculture in lower latitudes, a big role is played by the plants and animals that were available. That's why the Australians did not become farmers. It looks as though some Aboriginal Australians were in the direction of becoming farmers, and starting to process small seeds.
That's a long-winded way of saying that Blaut's views are absolutely extreme. I found as I read a page of Blaut, there would be a few dozen factual errors on the page. So it's something that I didn't take seriously.
But there are knowledgeable historians who are just uncomfortable with the sort of comparative approach I adopt, and haven't engaged it.
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