Until the Neolithic, and in most areas for a long time after, all humans engaged in an economic activity called "hunting and gathering" which is exactly what it sounds like—the acquiring of food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. Hunting and gathering is actually a very efficient system that much of the time produces ample food. The main disadvantages are an inability to maintain surpluses against bad times or for supplying non-food producers (craftsmen, leaders, etc) and the fact that it can only maintain (in most areas) a very low population density.
The period is described as a "revolution" to denote its importance, and the great significance and degree of change affecting the communities in which new agricultural practices were gradually adopted and refined.
The Neolithic Revolution set the course for the world to become as it is today. The event is important because most of what a person experiences in his or her daily life would not be possible without the early
The profound differences in human interactions and subsistence methods associated with the onset of early agricultural practices in the Neolithic have been called the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic revolution was the single most important event for our modern day society. It was the turning point that designated our species as dominant on the earth. An event so important does not happen over night however. It took years of invention and toil to make a difference in the way that we as humans were organized and lived. The Neolithic revolution created the base for which agriculture and domestication, social order and society, and eventually civilization could grow upon.
At the start of the Neolithic time period we had agriculture. People were just learning the growing cycles and how to raise plants to use for food and their multiple other useful properties. Fields were able to be plowed and mass quantities of food could be collected. This altered the previous system of hunting and gathering by a lot. Meat and protein still needed to be hunted but now a huge surplus of fruits and vegetables was right at hand. Along with agriculture came domestication. Domestication is the process of training and altering animals’ traits for human uses. Horses were all over the world at the time of the Neolithic revolution. People would capture and bread the strongest and biggest together because the more meat per horse the more people that could be fed. This system of providing food so easily and in such mass quantities led to a population growth and a more sedentary lifestyle. The crops could not be moved, the animals would be hard to constantly take long distances,
so the people could stay and be supported in one place. Their technology was very simple so they weren’t able to create gorgeous shelters. As time passed, the technology improved and people built better long-lasting houses which could sustain itself during bad weathers too. Neolithic peoples were skilled farmers, manufacturing a range of tools necessary for the tending, harvesting and processing of crops and food production. With the increase in the food supply, some people began working with jobs that had nothing to do with food. They became potters, metal workers, carpenters, weavers or jeweler makers. People became more skilled and the quality and quantity of their products improved which led to the start of trading. People also traded surplus food. When a group of people are supporting themselves in one area they begin to develop their own culture, and this leads to a civilization. Possession of livestock allowed competition between households and resulted in inherited inequalities
The period is described as a "revolution" to denote its importance, and the great significance and degree of change affecting the communities in which new agricultural practices were gradually adopted and refined.
The Neolithic Revolution set the course for the world to become as it is today. The event is important because most of what a person experiences in his or her daily life would not be possible without the early
The profound differences in human interactions and subsistence methods associated with the onset of early agricultural practices in the Neolithic have been called the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic revolution was the single most important event for our modern day society. It was the turning point that designated our species as dominant on the earth. An event so important does not happen over night however. It took years of invention and toil to make a difference in the way that we as humans were organized and lived. The Neolithic revolution created the base for which agriculture and domestication, social order and society, and eventually civilization could grow upon.
At the start of the Neolithic time period we had agriculture. People were just learning the growing cycles and how to raise plants to use for food and their multiple other useful properties. Fields were able to be plowed and mass quantities of food could be collected. This altered the previous system of hunting and gathering by a lot. Meat and protein still needed to be hunted but now a huge surplus of fruits and vegetables was right at hand. Along with agriculture came domestication. Domestication is the process of training and altering animals’ traits for human uses. Horses were all over the world at the time of the Neolithic revolution. People would capture and bread the strongest and biggest together because the more meat per horse the more people that could be fed. This system of providing food so easily and in such mass quantities led to a population growth and a more sedentary lifestyle. The crops could not be moved, the animals would be hard to constantly take long distances,
so the people could stay and be supported in one place. Their technology was very simple so they weren’t able to create gorgeous shelters. As time passed, the technology improved and people built better long-lasting houses which could sustain itself during bad weathers too. Neolithic peoples were skilled farmers, manufacturing a range of tools necessary for the tending, harvesting and processing of crops and food production. With the increase in the food supply, some people began working with jobs that had nothing to do with food. They became potters, metal workers, carpenters, weavers or jeweler makers. People became more skilled and the quality and quantity of their products improved which led to the start of trading. People also traded surplus food. When a group of people are supporting themselves in one area they begin to develop their own culture, and this leads to a civilization. Possession of livestock allowed competition between households and resulted in inherited inequalities