"Jimmy the Nomad"

*Note: Open image in separate tab to enlarge. A humorous comic drawn by xiam47 depicting "Jimmy the Nomad" and his friend planting seeds to grow plants for food. Is this train of thought similar to those of the first prehistoric cultivators? It is thought that cultivation of plants first began when gatherers began to save seeds from the foods they ate and spread them across...

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The History of Agriculture

The Fertile Crescent from Source #1 It is frequently assumed that agriculture emerged in a single location and eventually spread across to the rest of the world; however, this simply isn't true. Nicholas Malinak proposes a three-part evolution of agriculture, which is the idea that agriculture developed independently in the Middle East, China, and Mesoamerica. There...

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Join the Neolithic Revolution!

*Note: Open image in separate tab to enlarge. Join the Neolithic Revolution! This humorous David Steinlicht comic provides a detailed list of the advantages and disadvantages of plant and animal domestication. As stated in my previous post, I must reiterate that the cultivation and domestication of plants and animals did not develop rapidly as the word "revolution" implies....

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Introducing: The Agricultural Revolution

The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1 This amusing and informative video provides a quick overview of the possible origins of agriculture, which is also referred to as "The Agricultural Revolution". However, it should be noted that agriculture did not develop rapidly, as the term "revolution" implies. Instead, it took over thousands of years to gradually develop and establish agriculture and the settled societies that came...

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