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Guns, Germs and Steel

What You Will Learn

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From Foragers to Farmers: The Agricultural Revolution

This chapter examines the profound transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to settled agricultural communities, detailing the mutual benefits of plant domestication and seed dispersal. It highlights how agriculture and animal domestication enabled specialization and increased population densities, shaping early civilizations. The discussion includes the evolution of crops and the criteria necessary for animal domestication across different continents.

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