describe the changes occurred in the life of the primitive man due to the invention of agriculture
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The development of agriculture fundamentally changed human societies. In this lesson, we'll examine a few of the major changes, including some challenges created by the rise of farming.
The Neolithic Revolution
Where do you get your food? I'm guessing that most of you have the same answer as me: from the grocery store. Okay, fine, from the drive through. The point is, we expect food to be readily available. We expect our society to produce food through agricultural practices, and we expect there to always be enough to sustain our population. We don't expect that we'll have to move every season to follow herds of wild game. For the vast majority of human history, that's how people lived. They were nomadic, meaning they did not have permanently settled societies. Then, around 12,000 years ago, something started to change. People in various parts of the world discovered that they could control the growth of wild plants, thus ensuring that they had enough food without having to move. We call the rise of farming and the changing patterns in society that came out of this the Neolithic revolution. In the end, the domestication of plants and introduction of farming changed a lot more than just where people got their food.