a D. Short answer type questions: 1. What led the early man to begin herding? 2. Write a short note on 'domestication'. 3. Why do archaeologists think that residents of Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and later became herders? 4. How did food gatherers become farmers? 5. List the ways in which the lives of farmers and herders would have been different from that of hunter. 6. Why did the farmers stay in the same place for a long time?
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Answer:
1 . Hunter-gatherers, who had traveled to the area in search of food, began to harvest (gather) wild grains they found growing there.
People started allowing animals that were not aggressive to come and stay near them .
2 . Domestication :
Domestication is the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.
3 . Because at the earlier levels of the excavation sites, bones of wild animals such as deer and pig were found while at the later levels more bones of sheep, goats and cattle were found.
4 . During the Palaeolithic Age, early man was a food gatherer. He wandered from place to place in search of food. He became a food-producer. Hence, he settled in one place, began the domestication of useful animals and stored grains for future use .
5 .
- Farmers and herders lived in group.
- Farmers and herders lived settled life.
- Farmers and herders lived in huts made up of mud and wood.
6 . People who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time because they had to look after the crops.
The plants had to be watered and had to be protected from birds and animals so that they could grow and the seeds would ripen.