The Invention of Agriculture in New Guinea

<p>The Highlands of New Guinea are one of the most remote places on the planet, a maze of crosscutting valleys and enormous mountains that weren't reached by outsiders until the 1930s. Yet they're also one of the world's original centers of agriculture, a place responsible for domesticating crops like taro and the omnipresent banana. Crops on which millions of people rely today trace their origin all the way back to the isolated high valleys of New Guinea many thousands of years ago.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out in July! You can preorder (in hard copy, e-book, or audiobook)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World</em>&nbsp;here.</a></p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><strong>Rex MD</strong> - Go to&nbsp;<a href="http://REXMD.com/TIDES" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">REXMD.com/TIDES</a> to&nbsp;get started with Rex MD.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>SimpliSafe </strong>- Go to&nbsp;<a href="http://SIMPLISAFE.com/TIDES" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SIMPLISAFE.com/TIDES</a> today to&nbsp;customize your system and get a free security camera.&nbsp;You also get a&nbsp;60 day risk free trial, so there’s nothing to lose.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>