ANT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Vigesimal, Gender Inequality, Geologic Time Scale
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Oasis theory proposed by v. gordon childe, it argues that animal and domestication arose as people, plants, and animals congregated around water sources during the arid years that followed the pleistocene. In this scenario, agriculture arose because of "stone genius" and preceded animal domestication. Robert braidwood hilly flank theory hilly flank theory proposed by robert braidwood, it claims that agriculture arose in the areas where wild ancestors of domesticated wheat and barely grow. It attributes agriculture"s appearance to people"s efforts coupled with a culture that was "ready" to accept an agricultural lifeway. Density-equilibrium model attributes the origins of agriculture to population pressure in favorable environments that resulted in emigration to marginal lands, where agriculture was needed to increase productivity. Coevolution an evolutionary theory that argues that changes in social systems are best understood as mutual natural selection among components rather than as a linear cause-and-effect sequence. Jared diamond geographer who suggested civilization was the worst mistake humans made.
