Topic: Wellfield Plan

Critics of the "seeders of knowledge" theory point to the thousands of years separating the development of different civilizations. Scranton counters that our historical records are often incomplete or written long after the events occurred, leading to academic disputes over timing. He notes that the "Wellfield Plan" of agriculture, considered theoretical in ancient Chinese texts from 300 BC, was actually used as a practical foundation for farming by the Dogon in Africa for centuries.