ANS 3006C Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neolithic, Meat Industry, Myoglobin
9 Sep 2016
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Started as hunter/gatherers: scavengers initially, development of weapons led to the hunting of small animals and birds, better weapons and the discovery of fire leads to the hunting of larger mammals and cooking makes animal protein more digestible. There is a hypothesis that meat consumption lead to higher cognitive development. Human being have been eating meat for around 2. 5 million years. Domestication the neolithic period: also called the new stone age or agricultural revolution, 10,000 15,000 years ago, the dog was the first animal domesticated to help with hunting. Domestication of farm animals was close after. The resulting food surplus leads to population increase and specialization of labor: not everyone had to produce their own food, this all leads to an advanced society. First cattle are brought to st. augustine, fl in 1513 by ponce de leon. First pigs are brought to the tampa bay, fl area in 1593 by de soto.
