1. Five Major Food Gathering Strategies 2.. 3.. 4.agriculture 5.. 1.hunting & gathering

2. For most of human history, homo sapiens have used the subsistence strategy of

3. Neolithic Revolution The Rise of Food Production ; for this reason, some anthropologists prefer to call it the Neolithic Transition Difference between a REVOLUTION and a TRANSITION ?

4. Neolithic Revolution The Rise of Food Production transition from food collection to food production; for this reason, some anthropologists prefer to call it the Neolithic Transition began

6. Neolithic Revolution The 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

8. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Food Production  Declining Health  + sedentary life =     +  population density = 