A Marxist History of the World part 5: The Rise of the Specialists

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Date Written:  2010-07-05
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2010
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14310

The Early Neolithic economy was doomed by insoluble contradictions. Technique was primitive and wasteful. Society lacked reserves against natural disaster and hard times. Virgin land ran out as old fields were exhausted and populations grew.

Subject Headings

• Agricultural History
• Homo Sapiens
• Human Evolution
• Innovation
• Paleolithic Peoples
• Social Change