McNeill said: “Maybe Diamond is putting too much emphasis on the east-west axis of Eurasia. After all, India and Southeast Asia occupy different latitudes from Europe, the Middle East and northern China: and the deserts and highlands of Central Asia pose obstacles to the diffusion of cultures comparable to those of Africa or America” (McNeill 3). But expanding crops and growing locally available foods on their own farm is usually a common act. Like seeds blown by the wind or spread by water channels to other areas, animals that carry fertilizer can easily bring crops and their growth to neighboring areas. Along the East-West axis, the axis of Eurasia, livestock represented very important domestication in Europe, but it was not as important in China. This is due to the environment and weather conditions which were not conducive to raising livestock. And because cattle can naturally tolerate both hot and cold weather, they are more apt to be raised in some areas than others, regardless of geography. For these reasons, I concluded that Diamond argues too much about the geographical side of the story, rather than the actual history of the Neolithic.