Technological revolutions have led human beings to have major necessities they need, such as food or shelter, and influenced the current world in various ways. Here, technological revolutions can be interpreted as any events that shape society based on the co-evolution of culture and biology and the development in humans’ cognitive abilities. Cultural evolution is a change in how people live, and the development in humans’ cognitive abilities is most likely similar to biological evolution, a process that people, or creatures, change over time either physically or mentally. Human beings not only have evolved physically to accomplish their jobs efficiently but also have become intelligent and perceptive through technological revolutions. Chopper
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The domestication of plants and animals was one of the first technological revolutions and the co-evolution of biology and culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond explains why and how domesticated animals and plants have important roles for technological revolutions. He claims that based on different geographical locations and environment, domestication gave so many benefits to people, eventually altering how they behaved and lived (Diamond 57). First, domesticating animals and plants let people to store food. Most people before that period hunt animals to survive: “all humans on Earth fed themselves exclusively by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants” (86). People had a difficulty in looking for food because resources were limited, and they did not gather to hunt. They were not able to have an organized system, always depending on how much food they obtained from hunting. People, however, started to cultivate crops and raise animals in some territories, leading to the food production. The example of …show more content…
First, the population growth had a tight connection with food. The more food was produced and stored, the more people came: “plant and domestication meant much more food and hence much denser human population” (Diamond 92). Cultivating crops and keeping animal products produced ample foods and stable lives, and those foods brought nomads together. Soon, on account of the domestication of animals and plants from the agricultural revolution, people gathered from all around the world. As more people came to live in a place with others, they had to face “the consequences of the sedentary lifestyle enforced by food production” (89). Sedentary lifestyle is a process of settlement in an area on account of their new different ways to live. It was at that time common to see people staying together in the place, cultivating crops and sharing each other to support themselves. Population kept increasing rapidly because of the birth. As people obtained more meats and vegetables, they could “bear and raise as many children as they can feed” (89). This process consistently occurred back then, starting to formalize it as the process to make a town or city. Not only does domestication and food production increased the population for urban and technology revolution, but it also
The domestication of plants and animals was one of the first technological revolutions and the co-evolution of biology and culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond explains why and how domesticated animals and plants have important roles for technological revolutions. He claims that based on different geographical locations and environment, domestication gave so many benefits to people, eventually altering how they behaved and lived (Diamond 57). First, domesticating animals and plants let people to store food. Most people before that period hunt animals to survive: “all humans on Earth fed themselves exclusively by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants” (86). People had a difficulty in looking for food because resources were limited, and they did not gather to hunt. They were not able to have an organized system, always depending on how much food they obtained from hunting. People, however, started to cultivate crops and raise animals in some territories, leading to the food production. The example of …show more content…
First, the population growth had a tight connection with food. The more food was produced and stored, the more people came: “plant and domestication meant much more food and hence much denser human population” (Diamond 92). Cultivating crops and keeping animal products produced ample foods and stable lives, and those foods brought nomads together. Soon, on account of the domestication of animals and plants from the agricultural revolution, people gathered from all around the world. As more people came to live in a place with others, they had to face “the consequences of the sedentary lifestyle enforced by food production” (89). Sedentary lifestyle is a process of settlement in an area on account of their new different ways to live. It was at that time common to see people staying together in the place, cultivating crops and sharing each other to support themselves. Population kept increasing rapidly because of the birth. As people obtained more meats and vegetables, they could “bear and raise as many children as they can feed” (89). This process consistently occurred back then, starting to formalize it as the process to make a town or city. Not only does domestication and food production increased the population for urban and technology revolution, but it also