When I read Jared Diamond’s article he had some really good points that state why agriculture was not a step forward to creating the world that we live in now but actually a huge leap backwards that has led to the oppression of a certain gender and some enslavement of specific races. Another thing I do like about Jared Diamond’s article is that he says it all with one quote‚ “The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race”. What that quote does is tell you that we as humans can’t blame our mistakes
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In the story “The Worst mistake in the History of the Human Race” Diamond raised several different key points about the arrival of agriculture. Diamond‚ Rousseau and Gray was not fond on agriculture‚ but throughout the story they mention how agriculture was bad for humankind because it increased calorie quantity at the cost of quality‚ because it contributed to deep class divisions. Despite its chances of dividing everyone into different groups; the arrival of agriculture is what everyone needed
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The Worst Mistake? According to Jared Diamond’s text‚ the Agriculture Revolution is thought of being the worst mistake made in human history where as when humans hunted and gathered was the high peak. He also states that domesticating crops brought great confusing creating social classes and inequality between men and women. I completely disagree with this opinion. First of all the Agricultural Revolution was a crucial element when forming earliest civilizations. Second‚ I don’t think that
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Mai Hamad ANTH 103 Writing assignment 1 April 23‚ 2017 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race It is no secret that agriculture is the primary source of survival for most societies around the world‚ but it was not always this way. Before the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic Era people were forced to hunt animals and gather plants in order to survive‚ but farming became a necessity as populations grew. As many progressives see it‚ agricultural became the primary practice for many
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In Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History‚" he describes the adoption of agriculture as a catastrophy. At first mention‚ this sounds rediculous. How could one of our greatest advancements possibly be regaurded as the worst mistake in human history? It encouarged civilization and made food easier to come back. Surely this porgession was not catastrophic. The adoption of agriculuture offered much room for advancement. In hunter-gatherer societies‚ people had to move with their
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Guns Germs and Steel During the past few history lessons we watched a YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was
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Literary Review: “The Worst Mistake In The History of the Human Race” The article “The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race” by Jared Diamond was overflowing with an extremely different stance on the globally accepted views of the impact of agriculture. The author stated “With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse our existence.” This was the heart of his theory as he depicted agriculture as a curse suffered by mankind‚ to
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Jared Diamond Jared Diamond was a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles. He was a biologist by training‚ and a specialist in human physiology. But his real passion has always been the study of birds. He began watching the birds when he was about seven years old in the United States. He arrived in New Guinea at the age of 26 and he felt that it was love at first sight. Diamond started to make regular trips to New Guinea and ever since‚ he decides to be the leading expert on the bird life of the island
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life became to change. Some people believe that transitioning from hunter-gatherers to agriculturists was one of the best decisions the human race has made. Jared Diamond the author of “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” believes that life changed for the worst. Diamond also believes we never recovered from the agriculturist mistake. Jared Diamond believes that the adoption of agriculture was a terrible idea. Due to becoming agriculturists‚ many new problems occurred that wouldn’t
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August 28th‚ 2013 YooSeob Jung Jared Diamond Essay 730 words In the modern time period lifestyle in which we live in now‚ it is a very common belief that agriculture was one of the greatest turning points in history. It had made our life much more convenient. Producing food wasn’t such a big issue anymore. To some‚ the change from hunter-gatherers to farmers is referred to as the most enlightening gift ever given to the human race. As though all these people consider it as a positive‚ some
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