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The Flew of Energy in an Agricultural Society

The invention of agriculture gave mankind a more abundant source of solar energy. The energetics of a primitive agricultural system are examined in new Guinea, with a moral for modern agriculturists

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 225 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Flew of Energy in an Agricultural Society” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 225 No. 3 (), p. 116
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0971-116