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4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses various points made in Harris's book. No additional sources cited.
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agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution is considered to be a watershed moment in the transformation of cities and civilization. As the hunters and gatherers began growing their own food,
they also learned how to sow grains and propagate superior vegetation; this new bountiful harvest enabled children to live longer lives and hastened the population growth, which in turn created
the need for village clusters. This massive boom in population, however, presented itself as a double-edge sword for the simple reason that more
children were being born to women whose fertility was extended due to the abundance of nutritionally improved foods. This increase of more and longer-living people proved challenging for those
who had not previously lived among such tremendous numbers of fellow inhabitants, ultimately creating the need for more villages and then even larger cities to accommodate the ever-growing capacity, a
reality that eventually gave rise to the undesirable aspects of social diversification and warfare. II. POPULATION GROWTH IS THE ENGINE OF CULTURAL CHANGE.
For Harris, the single-most important force behind cultural change is the combined impact of ecological and reproductive pressures. The cyclical reality of more people, more food, more impact
upon the land repeats itself every time cultural modify themselves in order to maintain the ability to keep feeding the population. Environmental changes serve as catalysts to changes in
food sources, thereby causing cultures to change how and where they obtain provisions, with protein sources being the greatest focal point. Indias sacred cow illustrates this point whereby the
nations overpopulated and starving inhabitants have an abundant protein source that is otherwise untouchable by religious taboo. The Industrial Revolution is another good
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