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I'll just sketch a few points regarding lessons of the two big revolutions, the Neolithic Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, preceding the present Information Revolution.
This is not an exhaustive list, nor a comprehensive treatment.

The Neolithic Revolution was a consequence of climate change after the end of the most recent ice age.

People were forced to switch from hunting and gathering as the only ways of obtaining food to farming not because farming was better, but in order to survive.
For the first few centuries their quality of life went down.

The switch to a productive economy led after a couple of thousand years to social stratification and a division of society into rich and poor.

The Industrial Revolution also initially reduced the quality of life of large parts of the population for many years.

The Industrial Revolution boosted consumerism.

Another of the consequences of the Industrial Revolution was environmental pollution.
Mitigating some of it took many decades and mitigating other parts of it is insufficient, most acutely releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but also pollution with plastics etc.

#IndustrialRevolution
#InformationRevolution
#NeolithicRevolution

@circfruit

New climate models show wild wheat and barley were less widespread 12,000 years ago than today—and got scarcer as the climate warmed. #Archaeology #NeolithicRevolution #PlantDomestication #Archaeobotany https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-the-climate-got-better-the-plants

Genetics and computational biology also helps us understand our past. The shift to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle are a major turning point in human history. Yet, how this Neolithic way of life spread has been the subject of intense debate. A Turkish-Swiss team sheds new light in Science by combining archaeology and genetics.

👉 Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1088597

#Genetics #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicRevolution #HumanHistory #PublishedInScience #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Innovation

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding, the Neolithic Revolution was not a single event. A new study reveals that it occurred independently in different regions of Africa. The researchers analyzed ancient DNA from human remains in Morocco and found that they had diverse origins and lifestyles.

#NeolithicRevolution #Africa #Genomics https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/06/28/genomics-archaeology-rewrite-the-neolithic-revolution-maghreb/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

Hi! My name is #PeterMichaelBauer and I am an #anthropologist, experimental #archaeologist, and #historian. My work focuses on the social and environmental impacts of the #neolithicrevolution, and how understanding these impacts can provide us with solutions to the #sixthmassextinction. Since the early 2000’s, I have been an integral catalyst in the #rewilding movement. Rewilding helps us see and move through the world in terms of #regeneration and #reciprocity. #introductions