Early Neolithic Civilizations

Though it was likely unconscious at first, humans began to select the plants and animals that they interacted with. Once people realized that the plants and animals were changing because of that interaction, it was only a short leap to begin deliberate attempts at change. Dogs were once of the first domesticated animals, and evidence for this can be found in all parts of the world. In southwest Asia and North America, evidence for domestication is found as far back as 11,000 years ago.

All dogs are descended from various types of wolves. It is likely that humans accidentally became involved with the predators, but once they realized their usefulness, humans began to actively search out and artificially select for wolves that were different. They would likely have chosen those who were less aggressive, differently colored, and larger or smaller. Thus began the evolution of the dog into it many varied forms of today (Feder 438-440).

In southwest Asia - the Middle East, cereal crops went through a similar process 9,000 y

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Demography

It is still a matter of debate as to whether the development of agriculture was result of a sedentary lifestyle, or vice versa. There are more people present to help her in the birthing process, decreasing the infant mortality rate, and she is more likely to rest before and after childbirth. Wheat is a plant common to this area, and two domesticated varieties – emmer and einkorn have been dated to more than 10,000 years ago (456). They were putting “all their eggs in one basket. Another disadvantage lies in the fact that a bad season, terrible storms or drought may cause a crop to fail and people to starve (Tveskov). Catalhoyuk was located at the site of a very rich obsidian deposit. ” People begin to seize control of those who have less than them. First, that rachis of a wheat plant (where the seeds attach to the plant) becomes brittle and breaks very easily when the seeds become ripe. There are bound to be the “haves” and the “have-nots.

In both the animal and plant kingdoms, there is variation, the result of natural mutation.

Civilization

There are many requirements for a group of people to be called a civilization. Agriculture could feed more people, population would increase, more workers would be needed to work on the farm, agriculture would increase, and the population would continue to grow.

Unfortunately, a sedentary lifestyle, reliant upon one or two main food sources, is not nearly as health as that of the hunter-gatherer. Though neither is considered to be a “state” society, they represent important developmental points in human history. In order to make farming successful, people had to remain in once place for extended periods of time, and had to have a large labor force to work in it.

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