Suggested reading:
Paper 68:5,6: The Dawn of Civilization
Section 5: Land Techniques–Maintenance Arts
Section 6: Evolution of Culture.
Paper 69:7: Primitive Human institutions, Section 7: The Utilization of Animals
Topical Studies:
Introduction Food For Thought:
The Urantia Papers encourage gardening as a way of life. Progressive civilization and a positive relationship to gardening run parallel. This “Food for Thought” provides a broader context to Genetic Introductions, Mutations, and Evolution: a Urantia Book perspective.
(66:7.19) Mankind was not consigned to agricultural toil as the penalty of supposed sin. “In the sweat of your face shall you eat the fruit of the fields” was not a sentence of punishment pronounced because of man’s participation in the follies of the Lucifer rebellion … Work with the soil is not a curse; rather is it the highest blessing to all who are thus permitted to enjoy the most human of all human activities.
UBtheNEWS:
Horsing Around report: Archaeological discoveries push back the date for horse domestication, consistent with The Urantia Book.
Farming In Europe: DNA evidence supports the account of Adam and Eve’s descendants entering Europe about 8,000 years ago and introducing farming.
Dog Domestication: More than just a perspective on dog domestication, there is extensive commentary on the domestication of animals generally.