Discuss the proposition that plant domestication in the Near

The origins of plant domestication and agriculture have been debated for decades by not only archaeologist, but ecological theorists, and scientists from a wide range of disciplines. Domestication is the result of the evolution of a symbiosis between man and plant. Plant domestication and the introduction of agriculture are considered to be one of the main characteristics of a civilisation. This is because the excess production of food gives a society the surplus they need to acquire wealth and trade with other societies establishing an economy. This social concentration of converting food surplus into ‘capital’ is outlined as one of Childs main traits of a civilisation. There are considered to be two main opposing views for the proposition of plant domestication. The first is that plant domestication is the result of a widespread and gradual process of increasingly intensive human-plant interactions. The second view is that domestication took place rapidly and perhaps intentionally, in a few geographically restricted locations.

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