The first farmers (Time-Life Emergence of Man).pdf

Time-Life | 1974 | Pdf | Eng | 160 pag | 20.4 MB

Of all the cultural innovations created by man, certainly one of the most profound in its effects has been the invention of agriculture. This seemingly simple discovery of planting, cultivating and harvesting food provided the basis for larger populations and opened the way to all of the complex societies and higher civilizations that followed. Why and how it came about after more than a million years of hunting are questions that archeologists and natural scientists are today trying to answer.