Despite all our technology, we still depend on growing & storing food.

Things developed by neolithic era humans.

Earliest humans were NOMADS

Nomads travelled from place to place seeking food & shelter

Sometimes called hunters/gatherers

Systematic agriculture – people make the connection between seeds and plants & begin to grow crops

Domestication – people begin to adapt certain animals to human use

Agriculture Domestication

Middle East (wheat & barley)

Asia (rice) Americas (maize &

beans)

Dogs Cattle Horses Sheep Pigs Llamas Elephants Water buffaloes

More permanent settlements (cities) Growth of culture

(religion, writing, art)

Development of government & economy

Surplus food Division of labor Growth of trade

Quickened pace of technological change

River valleys (Why?)

Advanced knowledge Farming Trade Art/architecture Science/technology

Highly organized Cities Government Shared culture

(religion, writing, art, etc.)