ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Zoonosis, Porotic Hyperostosis, Anemia
4 Apr 2013
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Last class: origins of agriculture in multiple locations evidence for domesticated plants and animals. Climate change: human populations started to settle in areas with lots of resources and water, climate change forced human groups into a different type of subsistence strategy. Population and resource pressure: as populations got larger, more pressure was put on their resources, humans started to shift their subsistence practices to produce extra food to feed a growing population. We don"t have lots of evidence for a booming population, the pattern shows that agriculture developed then population size increased. Social factors: hypothesis focuses on the role of competition, people were compelled to produce a lot to show their status in society. Fundamental change in the way humans interact with their environment. From dependency on natural resources to control over domesticated resources. Larger social groups: potential for greater social complexity (>200 people ) Dependence on one main crop and potential for crop failure.
