ES101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Isaac Newton, Rachel, Cassava
2 Feb 2018
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Hunter-gatherers: lead short, brutal lives, can not produce a surplus of food, must live a nomadic existence, have less nourishing diets, often go hungry, live in societies dominated by a few, powerful individuals. We know these are myths, simply ask the native peoples of the bc coast. Other sources of cultivated plants: se asia (bananas), ethiopia (coffee), amazonia (manioc), eastern north. The most important effects of the agricultural and industrial revolutions: they expanded the carrying capacity for humans. Western creation story genesis elements of earth. Western environmental scholarship pre-enlightenment: from fall of roman empire to enlightenment, scholarship is dominated by the church, education & literacy enjoyed by the few (landowners, clerics, unsurprisingly, natural environment is interpreted in context of biblical. Enlightenment = when reasoning supersedes faith & indoctrination creation: early example = galileo of galilei, 1564 1642. September, 15, 2014: astronomer, mathematician, died under house arrest by religious authorities for providing evidence for.
