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Like Civilization? Thank Beer

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
November 9, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 23:00
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May beer have helped lead to the rise of civilization? It's a possibility, some archaeologists say.

Their argument is that Stone Age farmers were domesticating cereals not so much to fill their stomachs but to lighten their heads, by turning the grains into beer. That has been their take for more than 50 years, and now one archaeologist says the evidence is getting stronger.

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