Many might not acknowledge how much of an impact food has made in shaping the society in which we live. Another unknown detail is that the use of farming is very recent to our knowledge. Dating to about 11,000 years ago, farming has played a key role in the evolution of mankind. About 11,000 years ago humans started to cultivate food intentionally. This process of cultivating food is known as “farming” and it started taking hold in the Near Eastern part of the world at about 8,500 B.C. This is astonishing considering the first trace of man dates back to 150,000 years. Jump one thousand years into the future and China starts farming (7,500 B.C). Central and South America began on or about 3,500 B.C. From these 3 major locations the concept
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For example, one myth told by the Mayans in their sacred book, the Popol Vuh, tells about the creation of mankind through their God’s many attempts at creating the human that best fit their needs. The story tells how mankind was first made from mud, but this didn’t work because man could hardly see, hear or walk and were soon washed away. The Mayan gods then made other beings out of wood and these beings were successful for operating but they lacked blood and souls, so they were destroyed. Finally, after much discussion and deliberation, the gods decided to take advantage of the ingredients they had and they added maize to the mixture and made the third generation of humans out of white and yellow ears of maize. The Mayans believed that they descended from this third generation of men and that their wives were created shortly …show more content…
In some communities the Big Man wins control over surplus food, which gains him many followers, but his role is to give to people and then they give back in bigger quantities. If this big man fails to do give or decided to keep his followers either leave to another clan or murder him. Another type of Big Man can be found in Melanesia which can have multiple wives at once for a variety of purposes which all add up to the collection of resources. He then carefully gives out those resources which the wives have collected to other communities making them in debt to the Big Man, which leads them to return more
For example, one myth told by the Mayans in their sacred book, the Popol Vuh, tells about the creation of mankind through their God’s many attempts at creating the human that best fit their needs. The story tells how mankind was first made from mud, but this didn’t work because man could hardly see, hear or walk and were soon washed away. The Mayan gods then made other beings out of wood and these beings were successful for operating but they lacked blood and souls, so they were destroyed. Finally, after much discussion and deliberation, the gods decided to take advantage of the ingredients they had and they added maize to the mixture and made the third generation of humans out of white and yellow ears of maize. The Mayans believed that they descended from this third generation of men and that their wives were created shortly …show more content…
In some communities the Big Man wins control over surplus food, which gains him many followers, but his role is to give to people and then they give back in bigger quantities. If this big man fails to do give or decided to keep his followers either leave to another clan or murder him. Another type of Big Man can be found in Melanesia which can have multiple wives at once for a variety of purposes which all add up to the collection of resources. He then carefully gives out those resources which the wives have collected to other communities making them in debt to the Big Man, which leads them to return more