Domestication

Food has played a subtle, integral role in the evolution of humans. The domestication of grains and the use of fire to cook raw food, such as vegetables and meat, has created a new culinary paradigm that still exists and thrives in the modern world today. As Tom Standage writes in The Edible History of Humanity, “Maize appears to be a gift from nature; it even comes wrapped up. But appearances can be deceptive.” Despite a crop coming from nature, it is ultimately modified by humans themselves through

sweeping changes bought on by agriculture and domestication, which definitely proved key to the long run success of agriculture and

be attributed to the geography as well. Along with geography, food production, immunity, animal domestication, and the production and use of steel were all tied together to reach societal success. During the Neolithic Revolution, as civilizations changed from hunters and gatherers to farmers, a social stability was created. Due to geography and the great natural advantage of the land, the domestication of animals and development of agriculture led to great changes in society. In the geographical area

particular relationships with certain types of animal species. One of those relationships is domestication, which is the process of converting wild animals for human use. From archaeological evidence, such as fossils, historians have found out much about human domesticating animals back then, because during that time, human shifted from hunter-gatherer to farmer. But there were various reasons for domestication, it depended on where they were, which animal species were there and what those animals could

took advantage of the environment through domestication and tools to make their lives easier. In the Old World humans domesticated animals such as dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, donkeys, goats, and some fowls (Document E). The domestication of these animals allowed humans in Afro-Eurasia to have access to work animals. Using these domesticated animals gave humans in the Old World the ability to work faster and move heavy loads. For example, the domestication of horses humans were able to travel over

agriculture was prominent. While geography and plant domestication were crucial, local animal types were less pivotal, yet still important to the Neolithic Revolution. To begin, geography was critical to the Neolithic Revolution. First, it is shown in a chart from Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, that the domestication of plants and animals was heavily reliant on the civilization’s geographic location. For instance, Southwest Asians were began domestication in 8000 B.C.E, while civilizations in the

When reading the title of Jared Diamond’s, “Guns, Germs, and Steels,” the readers must initially think how do these three connect? After starting the first few chapters they will realize that Diamond is referring to the proximate and ultimate factors in that lead to the advancement of society. When Diamond talks about proximate and ultimate factors, he is explaining the cause of European dominance in the world. The proximate factors are the one that directly led to the European dominance and the

Inequality has been an issue from the dawn of time. All throughout history we can see prime examples of this. World war two and the german invasion, The Spanish and the Incas, and the most well known example, today. But few people have ever asked why it’s always been this way. Europe had geography on it’s side, giving them agricultural advantages, helping them to domesticate animals (and in turn, building resistance to disease) leading to a surplus of food for specialists to invent and experiment

Diamond argues that civilization arose from regions that were susceptible the domestication of both plants and large mammals to plow fields. This combination vastly increased food production, which in turn supported larger populations. From there, it's the standard political economy story about the positive feedback loop of prosperity

Guinea around 8,000 BCE. Although it is highly probable that the domestication of the banana could have occurred in other surrounding areas, the Kuk Valley is the first known place of domesticating the banana. As mentioned before although it was the first place of domestication it was the cradle or foundation of the banana we know today. Studies have also found that after the initial harvesting of the banana in Kuk Valley the domestication of the banana and its different species