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1. Approximately when did humankind adopt the process of farming, beginning with the domestication of cereal grains?

12,000 years ago.

2. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

5,000 years ago.

3. To what does "symposia" refer to in Ancient Greek culture?

Formal drinking parties.

4. Approximately how long ago did humans begin migrating out of Africa?

50,000 years ago.

5. Approximately when did anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens emerge in Africa?

150,000 years ago.

6. How much of the human body is comprised of water?

2/3.

7. Mesopotamia refers to a region that corresponds to what modern-day country?

Iraq.

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