Help to introduce industrial methods - large-scale,mechanised, more scientific-based etc - which reduced the size of the labour force and increased production.
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For example, horses and oxen were used to pull plows before it became mechanized. So therefore animals DID contribute to the development pf agriculture.
When you grow food (agriculture) you must necessarily live in one place in order to tend your crops, for at least one harvest season.
While you hang about waiting for your crops to become edible,...