The Pros And Cons Of New Guinea

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Once, a man from New Guinea named Yali asked about why others have so much cargo (or valuables) and the New Guineans have so little. This question is answered with a short response. Such a simple question brings so much. It all starts with most of the human race along the same path, all somewhat primitive. But some civilizations advanced quicker and were more intelligent, but New Guinea didn’t. To explain this we need to cover what major advancements made today possible. Today we take food for granted but many years ago we had to hunt. Hunting is very demanding, and some days you might come home empty handed. There are many people being in desert locations, making work very hot and demanding, making hunting even harder. But we humans were …show more content…
They had crops such as wheat that were able to give them more food, easier. Longitude and latitude also play a part in this, with places being a similar distance from the equator having similar conditions (climate and time). This is one of the main disadvantages of New Guinea. In New Guinea, the only farming they do is with few plants, such as banana and yam. It’s located far from ideal latitude and longitude, making it hard to farm. In addition to that, it is also far away from the Fertile Crescent, rendering the crops they have obsolete. With streamlined processes, such as farming, other locations were able to focus on less hunting and gathering and more on other innovations such as making steel tools and recreational activities such as flying. These civilizations were also able to harness the power of animals. Instead of humans doing all the work, domesticating animals allowed them to do hard labor, allowing humans to do other work. The animals in the Fertile Crescent were able to harvest fields of crops such as wheat, taking less human labor. Animals were also able to provide produce such as milk for protein, meat for food, and fur for clothing. In New Guinea’s location, there aren’t animals able to be domesticated due to many reasons, but one. Foreigners brought one animal for them to use, pigs, not providing for much labor. Pigs are not very useful, though they …show more content…
New Guineans had another way to get supplies other than hunting and gathering, trading. Other civilizations traded things, such as metal tools. While this brought some advantages for them, it also brought issues. Other civilizations were accustomed to their locations, building an immunity to the bacteria and viruses that were there. New Guinean’s were not used to those of other locations, so as they brought new items, they brought new diseases. Obviously the deaths of many of their people had major setbacks, leading to where they are

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