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How Did The Agricultural Revolution Affect Population Growth

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Introduction
Agricultural revolution refers to a time where human beings started engaging in agriculture by cultivating the soil and domesticating animals and some plants this was between -8000 BC and 1700.It is believed that there was a slight increase in population during this period. This paper is going to discuss the possible factors that might have affected population growth rate during the agricultural revolution.
Effect of agricultural revolution on population growth
During the hunting and gathering period the population increased at a very slow rate, this was mainly because of high levels of mortality and lower levels of fertility; we can refer to this as a stationary population. The agricultural revolution had a huge impact on population …show more content…

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Regular food supply
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