Question

To what extent was farming an improvement over foraging?

Answer 1

✨ғᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ғᴏʀᴀɢɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴏғ ғᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴʏ ɪᴛᴇᴍs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs sᴛɪʟʟ ᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs sᴄʏᴛʜᴇs (ᴛᴇxᴛ 1). ɴᴇᴡ ᴛᴏᴏʟs ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴀ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀsɪɴɢʟʏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇx ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ. ᴛʜɪs ᴀʟsᴏ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɢʀᴏᴡᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs (ᴛᴇxᴛ 8).⚡

Answer 2

Answer:

Farming was a great improvement over foraging. The idea of farming produced many items that humans still use today such as scythes (text 1). New tools meant new technology which made the world a increasingly more complex place. This also resulted in population growth and the spread of humans (text 8).