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HISTORY Chapter 2: From Gathering to Growing Food
(1) 02 FROM GATHERING TO GROWING FOOD From Gathering to Growing Food The Beginning of Farming The changes in the climatic conditions in the late Neolithic Age brought about changes in the lives of humans too in the following ways: • The changes in the environment resulted in changes in plants and animals. These changes were observed by humans. • Humans began to learn about places where edible plants could be found. They also noticed the way in which seeds led to the germination of new plants. • Once, people realised this process, they began to look after these plants by watering them and saving them from wild animals. It is in this way that humans became farmers. • The planting of seed requires watering, weeding and driving animals away. Thus, humans had to stay in one place for a longer period of time. • The need to store grain and food resulted in the making of large clay pots and baskets. Humans also dug the earth to store grains. • Humans also noticed that certain animals were timid and they could be tamed by giving them food and shelter. • Dog was the first animal to be tamed by humans. Later, goats, sheep and cattle were also domesticated. Humans saved these animals from the attacks of other wild animals. In this way, humans became herders.
(2) 02 FROM GATHERING TO GROWING FOOD Domestication is a process in which humans grew plants and looked after animals. The process of domestication began about 12,000 years ago. People selected those plants for domestication which yielded large sized grains and had a strong stalk. Wheat and barley were some of the earliest plants to be domesticated. Similarly, those animals which were timid and could not harm humans were domesticated. Gradually the domesticated plants and animals became different from the wild plants and animals. Starting of a New Era After learning to grow food grains, human beings realized the need for storing them as well. The grains were collected and stocked up for both food and seed. Large clay pots, woven baskets or dug pits were used by them for storage.