Did beer lead to the rise of civilization ?

"B double E double R un, Beer run!" A song, from "Beer Run" by Tom Snider

for some reason i only got the picture, no article underneath...of course all the ads on the page loaded...grrr

mmmmm beer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an0pKSG1U-4

You can get PAID to research beer???? Wow... *digs out her CV*

A personal reason for me to be grateful for beer.....

..guy in my anthro class wrote his term paper theorizing the yearning for better beer helped give birth to agriculture....I think the prof gave him an A....

There was a Professor at UCO (Univ. of Central Oklahoma) who taught for years that beer was the single most driving force of early human civilization... Pottery was developed to store (and ferment) the grain/beer... Writing was developed to keep track of what was in the pots.. Agriculture developed to grow better grains - closer to where the people lived... etc... I'm not certain just how firm he was in his beliefs... but he had some real interesting lectures...

Beer builds better bodies.

Could beer have helped lead to the rise of civilization? It's a possibility, some archaeologists say. "Beer is sacred stuff in most traditional societies," said Hayden, who is planning to submit research on the origins of beer to the journal Current Anthropology. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/08/beer-lubricated-rise-civilization-study-suggests/ Now I know the reason why ancient civilizations at that time collapse.... think of the hangovers they get when they are in a project of inventing and creating things back then. hehehehhe

lol beer toters.. I cheer beer too... But keep in mind that fermenting is an excellent form of food preservation that has been used all over for a really long time. It's not just beer. It's wine, and cheeses, and foods like sourkraut and a whole plethora of asian foods. Drying, utilizing long term storage crops, and various forms of fermenting or potting were the main preservation methods used long ago. Root cellar situations too, but that goes more with utilizing storage crops. But if I ever see this Dogfish Head Brew at my local store, I would probably try it out Maybe save it for a nice hol... [More]