20000 - Nomadic hunter to settled farmer
A gradual change in human living from nomadic hunter to settled farmer began approximately 8,000 years ago in the so-called Fertile Crescent of the Middle East.
This First Agricultural Revolution, was a wide-scale transition from the life of a nomadic and semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers to one of agriculture. It was during this time that population increased and social differentiation became apparent. Crop and animal domestication started independently worldwide. As the climate became warmer, the sudden rise and fall of sea river/sea levels created fertile lands intensifying agriculture.
Websites
- Wikipedia – Neolithic Revolution
- The Development of Agriculture – National Geographic Society
- From nomadic hunter-gatherers to sedentary farmers and …
- Genetic Literacy Project – Ancient humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers. Why did …
- History World – HUNTER-GATHERERS TO FARMERS
- Pennsylvania State University – Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration, locals …