Principal Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution for the Human Race

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The agricultural revolution has been a wider concept since time immemorial. The agricultural revolution concept posed various consequences to the human race. Firstly, Ruddiman claims that this revolution, through human-induced greenhouse activity, caused climate change that still affects humans. Natural processes explanations have been projected for the rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) since 8000 BP. Also, numerous studies have concluded that human-generated methane emissions in pre-industrial centuries contributed to climate (Ruddiman 262). Due to these activities, carbon dioxide is a relatively plentiful gas than methane, and its variations have caused a considerable climatic influence over the past (Ruddiman 265). Sherratt argues that the early agricultural revolution stimulated the emergence of industrialization and transportation. He says that industrialization was attained in the Old World, employing animal power as the initial stage in harnessing powerful energy sources surpassing those of the human muscle. This was possible because animals were domestic. These animals were also used as transportation means, depicted as “secondary products (S...