Five Major Food Gathering Strategies
2. .3. .4. agriculture5. .
1. hunting & gathering
For most of human history, homo sapiens have used the
subsistence strategy of
Neolithic RevolutionThe Rise of Food Production
• ; for this reason, some anthropologists prefer to call it the Neolithic Transition
Difference between a REVOLUTION and a TRANSITION?
Neolithic RevolutionThe Rise of Food Production
• transition from food collection to food production; for this reason, some anthropologists prefer to call it the Neolithic Transition
• began
Neolithic RevolutionThe Rise of Food Production
• transition from food collection to food production; for this reason, some anthropologists prefer to call it the Neolithic Transition
• began 10,000 years ago in China and the Middle East
• humans began : growing their own crops and keeping herds of animals
• humans were able to produce food rather than collect what nature produced
Changes Resulting From Food Production
• increased• populations became more
• created a greater division of labor – not everyone had the same job
WHY?
C I V I L I Z A T I O N
Changes Resulting From Food Production
• increased population• populations became more sedentary –
created settlements• created a greater division of labor – not
everyone had the same job specialization• reduced the life expectancy
from 26 to 19 years
Changes Resulting From Food Production
• increased population• populations became more sedentary –
created settlements• created a greater division of labor – not
everyone had the same job specialization• decline in overall health reduced the life
expectancy from 26 to 19 years
Food Production Declining Health while (some) hunter-gatherers
had a more balanced diet variety of plants and animal proteins
agriculturalists ran the if the crops failed – greater risk of widespread famine
Food Production Declining Health
+ sedentary life =
+ population density =
