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AP Human Geography
Unit 5 – Agriculture and Rural Land–Use
Topic 5.11
How does the Neolithic Revolution challenge the carrying capacity concept in human geography?
The Revolution showed humans could manipulate their environment to support larger populations, expanding carrying capacity limits.
It introduced hunting and gathering as key survival strategies for early humans, reducing reliance on natural resources availability only.
With advent of settled agriculture over nomadic lifestyle, it became irrelevant as geographic location no longer dictated sustainable population size solely,
The concept was proven outdated as advancements in transportation made resource allocation more efficient across regions,
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AP Human Geography - 5.11 Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
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