Answer to Question #118805 in Biology for george

Question

What are the early stages of early human development and discuss the role of the
agricultural revolution in the foundation of civilisation.

Answer 1

Early humans spread from Africa to other regions of Europe and Asia near 60,000 years ago. These early humans mainly used gathering and hunting as a source of food and materials for closing and were mainly nomadic meaning that they did not have a permanent place of life. Agricultural evolution occurred during the Neolithic period approximately 12,000 years ago. During the period, early humans changed their lifestyle to sedentism as they began to build permanent houses. This helped to observe and manipulate with crops enabling the development of agriculture. The process could significantly improve the quality of life and caused an increase in the general population of early humans. The process helped to modify the natural environment for personal needs contributing to the formation of centralized administration, the hierarchical structure of the society, trade, art and architecture, political structure, and property ownership. All these factors resulted in a significant development of the human civilization in future.