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THE ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE
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OBJ: TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION BEGAN & DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUBSITENCE & COMMERCIAL AGRICULTUE AGRICULTURE: DELIBERATE MODI-FICATION OF EARTH, THROUGH PLANTS & ANIMALS, FOR FOOD OR $$ CROP: ANY CULTIVATED PLANT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 97% DEVELOPED < 2% BEFORE AGRICULTURE HUNTERS & GATHERERS ¼ MILLION HG TODAY, PERIPHERY KHOISAN AGRICULTURAL REV.: ABOUT 8,000 YRS AGO? WHEN HUMANS 1ST DOMESTICATED ANIMALS & PLANTS & DIDN’T SOLEY RELY ON HUNTING & GATHERING CULTURAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OR BOTH? PROBABLY BOTH
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CROP HEARTHS & DIFFUSION
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ANIMAL HEARTHS SOUTHWEST ASIA MOST IMPORTANT ANIMALS FOR AGRICULTURE
DOG ABOUT 12K YRS AGO IN EAST ASIA OR EUROPE CENTRAL ASIA: HORSE ANIMALS USED TO PREP LAND, GROW, HARVEST & FOOD FOR PEOPLE & ANIMALS CLIMATE, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL DICTATE WHAT’S GROWN, RAISED ETC.
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