This set of maps was researched for and created by myself, Joshua Kes (B.S. in Geoscience), using interdisciplinary meta-analysis and Adobe Photoshop. I will continue to update this post as I learn more and make corrections to my model of interconnected hypotheses. YouTube Video Presentation: https://youtu.be/Hhs7SWLBu1U Simplified Map of Ethno-Linguistic Complex Migrations Simplified Phylogenetic Tree of Ancestral Macro-Phyla (low quality screengrab): Animated Map of Ancestr

“I think food, culture, people, and landscape are all absolutely inseparable.” -Anthony Bourdain Staple: Food sources which humans dedicate the most land and labor to, provide the majority of calories, and shape the fabric of their culture. What they 'cultivate'. If we want to understand the differences between cultures, their values, taboos, where they come into conflict and maybe how to resolve those disagreements, we have to look at what they spend a lot of time on. Typica