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aptwebapps
on Nov 22, 2011
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How automatic transmission almost made sperm whale...
I'm pretty sure that borism is referring to the domestication of wild animals in prehistory.
bdunbar
on Nov 23, 2011
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It's true now, it was true at the dawn of animal husbandry: it's more expensive to capture and domesticate wild animals than do the hunter-gatherer thing.
borism
on Nov 23, 2011
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it's more expensive
in the short run
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