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00:05 We all know about the asteroid that struck our planet around 66 million years ago
00:09 and ended the dinosaurs time on earth. However, according to an international
00:13 team of scientists, another object may have struck our planet much more recently
00:17 and caused a global shift that changed humanity's trajectory forever.
00:21 They say the object was a comet and it smashed into our planet only 12,800 years ago.
00:27 When that happened, it did what all large objects do when they crash down,
00:30 caused utter destruction. However, this new study also suggests the comet's impact
00:34 forced hunter-gatherers to start planting seeds as well,
00:37 meaning the cosmic event was the impetus for initiating agriculture as we know it.
00:42 With the researchers writing in their paper, quote, "These data include changes in
00:46 building architecture, diet, and the early stages of
00:49 persistent cultivation of domestic type grains and legumes." But they add their
00:53 findings also revealed the first signs of keeping animals as livestock.
00:56 And animal domestication. The researchers also note that their study uncovered
01:00 other evidence that an explosive air burst, likely caused when the comet
01:04 entered the atmosphere, destroyed a human village.
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