• Agriculture and a Comparison Between It and Hunter Gatherer Societies, as Well Refuting Jared Diamond's Famous Agricultural Essay

     

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Published: 24.12.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Agriculture and a Comparison Between It and Hunter Gatherer Societies, as Well R', 1.
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As soon as humans began to form permanent settlements, and give up the process of hunting and gathering, agriculture was born. With agriculture came a new means of nutrition and ability to survive to a faltering species. Overpowering hunter-gatherers as dominant individuals, this new group altered the human race to what it is today. Though some tend to disagree with this statement, agriculture was a key and important step in benefiting human survival.
Agriculture wasn't a choice, as much as it was a critical adaptation to the population growth experienced in the eastern world. As hunter-gatherers succeeded in competing against other species, their population density inevitably increased. Land controlled could only support a single person per 10 square miles of area and demand was increasing. With a one hundred fold larger population density due to the adaptation of agriculture, you can see why it was so easily accepted without objection. …

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