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Humans as Farmers

Humans as Farmers

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781466645868|ISBN10: 1466645865|EISBN13: 9781466645875
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4586-8.ch006
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Robert A. Schultz. "Humans as Farmers." Technology versus Ecology: Human Superiority and the Ongoing Conflict with Nature, IGI Global, 2014, pp.112-124. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4586-8.ch006

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R. Schultz (2014). Humans as Farmers. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4586-8.ch006

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Robert A. Schultz. "Humans as Farmers." In Technology versus Ecology: Human Superiority and the Ongoing Conflict with Nature. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4586-8.ch006

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Abstract

The developments separating humans the most from the ecosystem were farming and civilization. Farming dates from about 11,000 years ago, and civilization dates from about 7,000 years ago. Farming separates us from the ecosystem by replacing the ecosystem with plants and animals of our own choice. However, farmers must still respect the environment, which allows those plants and animals to thrive. Once humans begin farming, there are forces that make it difficult to return to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, even when that lifestyle is preferable in many ways.

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