Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with. (Jared Diamond)

Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.

Jared Diamond

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