Humans Try To Control Nature
1.Nomads were highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging, or searching, for new sources of food.
2.Nomadic Groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods are called hunter-gatherers.
3.This discovery would usher in the Neolithic Revolution, or the agricultural revolution—the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming.
4.Early Farming Methods Some groups practiced slash-and-burn farming, in which they cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field.
5.Meanwhile, hunters’ expert knowledge of wild animals likely played a key role in the domestication, or taming, of animals. They tamed horses, dogs, goats, and pigs. Like farming, domestication of animals
came slowly.
2.The agricultural revolution has had the most significant impact on agricultural development
The Beginnings of Agriculture. For thousands upon thousands of years, humans survived by hunting game and gathering edible plants. They lived in bands of 25 to 70 people. The men almost certainly did the hunting. The women gathered fruits, berries, roots, and grasses. Then about 10,000 years ago, some of the women may have scattered seeds near a regular campsite. When they returned the next season, they may have found new crops growing. This discovery would usher in the Neolithic Revolution, or the agricultural revolution—the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming.
3.CroMagnons used bone needles to sew clothing made of animal hides.
4. Change in climate was probably a key reason.
As populations slowly rose, hunter-gatherers felt pressure to find new food sources. Farming offered an attractive alternative. Unlike hunting, it provided a steady source of food.
5. • Africa The Nile River Valley developed into an important agricultural center
for growing wheat, barley, and other crops.
• China About 8,000 years ago, farmers along the middle stretches of the
Huang He (Yellow River) cultivated a grain called millet. About 1,000 years
later, farmers first domesticated wild rice in the Chang Jiang River delta.
• Mexico and Central America Farmers cultivated corn, beans, and squash.
• Peru Farmers in the Central Andes were the first to grow tomatoes, sweet
2.Nomadic Groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods are called hunter-gatherers.
3.This discovery would usher in the Neolithic Revolution, or the agricultural revolution—the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming.
4.Early Farming Methods Some groups practiced slash-and-burn farming, in which they cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field.
5.Meanwhile, hunters’ expert knowledge of wild animals likely played a key role in the domestication, or taming, of animals. They tamed horses, dogs, goats, and pigs. Like farming, domestication of animals
came slowly.
2.The agricultural revolution has had the most significant impact on agricultural development
The Beginnings of Agriculture. For thousands upon thousands of years, humans survived by hunting game and gathering edible plants. They lived in bands of 25 to 70 people. The men almost certainly did the hunting. The women gathered fruits, berries, roots, and grasses. Then about 10,000 years ago, some of the women may have scattered seeds near a regular campsite. When they returned the next season, they may have found new crops growing. This discovery would usher in the Neolithic Revolution, or the agricultural revolution—the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming.
3.CroMagnons used bone needles to sew clothing made of animal hides.
4. Change in climate was probably a key reason.
As populations slowly rose, hunter-gatherers felt pressure to find new food sources. Farming offered an attractive alternative. Unlike hunting, it provided a steady source of food.
5. • Africa The Nile River Valley developed into an important agricultural center
for growing wheat, barley, and other crops.
• China About 8,000 years ago, farmers along the middle stretches of the
Huang He (Yellow River) cultivated a grain called millet. About 1,000 years
later, farmers first domesticated wild rice in the Chang Jiang River delta.
• Mexico and Central America Farmers cultivated corn, beans, and squash.
• Peru Farmers in the Central Andes were the first to grow tomatoes, sweet
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