1/7/13

Today we covered a lot in human geo between watching the Guns Germs and Steel video and pausing it to take time to discuss it. Some main points in our class were what the Papua New Guineans ate, the ancient city of Drah, and the history of Papua New Guinea. The main food they eat is a dough that is found in the middle of their trees that they cut open and collect and bake. The dough lacks protein and they suffer from protein difficiency. The video then moved onto the discovering of the city of Drah, which is the oldest village that has EVER been discovered. The village had technology of their day and systems set up for a working and functioning civilized village. They had a granary and a cropping system. The video also talked about the history of New Guinea. New Guinea has never had a huge population which is actually really weird. There is a repeating pattern throughout history that shows that all nations with a working farming system seem to have a big population but this does not apply to New Guinea even though they have been farming for almost 10,000 years. It might be because they haven't advanced in technology over the years but the answer to that weird case is probably in the rest of the video. I'll just have to wait till Wednesday.