Jared Diamond's Rhetorical Analysis

Jared Diamond’s two most persuasive statements are that Hunter-gatherers were much healthier than those who practiced early agriculture and that there was less social conflict before the Neolithic Revolution. For example, hunter-gatherers had a longer life span, larger average height in both genders, as well as more varied and nutritional food. This is important because our health as a species had taken a dip, and even though it is slowly being built up again (in some areas), the nutrition intake of hunter-gatherers was significantly more beneficial. Next, evidence of more issues in society in the post-agricultural communities include that of a social class division along with more frequent pregnancies (which has led to more fatalities). The
significance in the social aspect of the early agricultural lifestyle has worked to change the way humans around the world are organized, the way they interact, and how they gain nutrients, which is completely different, whether it be positive or negative, than the lifestyle of those from the pre-agricultural era.