2. SETTING IN CONTEXT
• What allowed agriculture
discovery?
• Who did it?
• Where can we find evidence of
that?
• What did they plant?
• Which were the consequences
of discovering agriculture?
3. WHAT IS “TAMING” A PLANT?
IT IS INTRODUCING GENETIC CHANGES IN THE
ORIGINAL PLANT SO IT CAN’T SURVIVE WITHOUT
MEN HELP.
“Cultigenos”
“Cultivar”
Wild Plant
4. What did they plant?
The most important ones were corn, beans
and pumpkin in America.
Andean Highlands –
potatoes, pumpkin, squash, beans and
quinua.
Coast – peanut, sweet potato, cassava
(yuca), “achira,”and “mate.”
5. AGRICULTURE: CONSEQUENCES
STRUCTURE
NEW
TECHNOLOGIES
SOCIAL
POPULATION
GROWTH - MORE
BABIES
RAISING
FOOD
DISEASE
