AFRICA vs THE STEPPE vs THE WATERWAYS Africa seems to have been one crucible of

AFRICA vs THE STEPPE vs THE WATERWAYS

Africa seems to have been one crucible of evolution, and the steppe another, and the peoples of the waters another.

I haven’t given that comparison much thought, but those three axis probably explain the differences between ‘the peoples along the waters”, the people of the steppe, and the people of africa.

I mean, those three conditions put very different selection pressures on each group. and the difficulty of travel in africa vs water and steppe explains the diversity.

If you can follow and hold the waters you will have it easier than the steppe. if you have the steppe you have it easier than you have in africa.

And the deserts are something to be avoided at all costs.

Africa would lead to deeper more rapid maturity, the steppe to greater aggression and opportunism, and the waters to domestication. And that is what we see.