Chapter 1 (Part 2): First Farmers
I. Breakthroughs to Agriculture
- the deliberate cultivation of particular plants as well as the taming and breeding of particular animals.
- new way of life replaced the earlier practices of gathering and hunting
- represented a revolutionary transformation of human life across the planet.
- Domestication; the taming, the changing f nature for the benefits of humans
- Dependence of both: animals to humans and humans to animals
- Intensification: getting more for less, food and resources. – growing populations.
- climate change
- changing gender patterns
- response to population growth
- local plants/animals were the key
- multiple places in Africa exploited different plants
- unique plants
- few animals
II. The Globalization of Agriculture
- Diffusion and migration
- Resistance to agriculture
- end of old ways of life?
- population increase
- environmental impacts
- Increased human impact on the environment
- negative health impacts
- Technological innovations
- Alcohol would become disruptive
III. Social Variation in the Age of Agriculture
- environmental factors
- mobility as a life-way factor
- conflict with settles communities
- social equality
- gender equity
- role of elders
- not force but charisma
- religious authority
- tribute
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