The ..... was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

The ____ was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.

A	hunter-gathering period
B	Industrial Revolution
C	Agricultural Revolution
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Archeological evidence illustrates that starting in the Holocene epoch approximately 12 thousand years ago (kya), the domestication of plants and animals developed in separate global locations most likely triggered by climate change and local population increases.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Neolithic Revolution-also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution-is thought to have begun about 12, 000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the current geological epoch, the Holocene.

Detailed explanation-3: -agricultural revolution, gradual transformation of the traditional agricultural system that began in Britain in the 18th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first agriculture appears to have developed at the closing of the last Pleistocene glacial period, or Ice Age (about 11, 700 years ago).

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