How did humans start agriculture?in what ways did it affect the social structure?
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Humans were nomads. Their wandering was mainly in search of food and shelter. When they found that certain places had an abundance of food – plant food or animals for hunting, they stayed on. They observed the plants, their growth and when these food sources diminished, they grew plants themselves, from the seeds they collected. This is how agriculture came about.
When humans stopped their nomadic ways and stayed together, it paved the way for formation of the human social structure. Hierarchies were established in due course.
Human started agriculture at the time of their transformation of nomadic life to social life.
The development of agriculture is a prime factor responsible for the shift from a nomadic lifestyle to permanent settlement thus affecting social structure phenomenally.
This was later converted to urban environments.
This development had a strong effect on human society.
As agriculture changed from the natural environment to that of tilled fields and pastures, growing crops became a selective process.