The Beginning of Agriculture and Livestock

Warming on the earth has created conditions of existence more favorable for the ancient person . The main sources of food remained hunting, fishing and gathering. Collected berries, mushrooms, nuts, various plants. Hunted wild boars, deer and smaller animals.

Agriculture

About 12 thousand years ago (the history of the ancient world) people learned to make small sharp silicon plates. This contributed to a more active development of hunting. These plates were used to make bow and arrow with sharp tips. Hunting was much easier, the onion allowed to kill prey at a considerable distance. (Reference book of the fisherman and hunter). By the same period, the invention of the ax, by which it was possible to cultivate trees, build rafts, and from large trees to hollow out boats, belongs to the same period. For fishing, we learned how to make hooks and weave chains. Domestication of the dog promoted the development of hunting. The dog became the first pet.

Ancient people have long noticed cereals. Having a hard shell, the grain was well preserved and it was possible to cook tasty and healthy food from it. For the harvest, special knives were made, made of pointed stones, inserted into the bone arms. But the hard shell was not fit for food. To make cereals it was necessary to destroy the shell. For this, graters and stupas were used. Initially, people gathered exceptionally wild grasses, but about 11 thousand years ago they learned how to sow and collect them. The tool for agriculture gradually evolved from stick-dripping sticks to wooden flat shovels and hoes. For the harvest, sickles with bony tips were invented. Agriculture was born in the front of Asia and spread to other countries. Agriculture was of great importance in the development of mankind.

Livestock raising .

The onions and the dog made hunting more productive. There was an opportunity not to kill all the prey on the hunt. The youngsters began to feed and build pens for him. This accelerated the appearance of livestock. Next after the dog, domestic animals were goats and sheep. They multiplied well in captivity. Later pigs and cows were tamed. And the agriculture developed by that time allowed fast fattening of animals, thanks to which it was possible to constantly eat meat, milk, and also to use skins of animals.

The discovery of agriculture and livestock is considered one of the most important and significant successes of mankind in its entire history.