HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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mastered fire.
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developed agriculture and settled down.
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migrated from Africa.
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organized governments
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gordon Childe coined the term “Neolithic Revolution” in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The advent of agriculture separated Neolithic people from their Paleolithic ancestors.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Neolithic Age, agriculture developed diversely as humans started growing various crops. Some more modifications by the adoption of farming were brought to them. Due to growing crops such as wheat, barley, ragi, etc., they termed themselves as food producers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Neolithic period lasted from around 4300 BC down to 2000 BC, so some 6000 years before present. Neolithic means ‘New Stone’ and so this period is sometimes called the New Stone Age.
Detailed explanation-4: -In India, it spanned from around 7, 000 B.C. to 1, 000 B.C. The Neolithic Age is mainly characterized by the development of settled agriculture and the use of tools and weapons made of polished stones. The major crops grown during this period were ragi, horse gram, cotton, rice, wheat, and barley.