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Researchers Discover First Use of Fertilizer

sciencehabit writes "Europe's first farmers helped spread a revolutionary way of living across the continent. They also spread something else. A new study reveals that these early agriculturalists were fertilizing their crops with manure 8000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought."

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  1. Typical... by kd4zqe · · Score: 4, Funny

    We find out that we excel at the use of spreading bullshit even earlier than we thought... The joys of being human!

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    You're not paranoid if they really ARE out to get you...
  2. Obvious corollary by real+gumby · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they learned to harness bullshit 8,000 years ago, than surely corporate bureaucracy must be that old as well!