Origins of agriculture | World History | Khan Academy

Question 1

paleolithic

Answer 1

• old stone age

- hunter/gatherers

Question 2

mesoltihic

Answer 2

• 15-20 thousand years ago

Question 3

Neolithic

Answer 3

• new stone age
• around 10 thousand years ago
• birth of agriculture

Question 4

ice age

Answer 4

• ended around 15,000 years ago

- began around 110,000 years ago

Question 5

agriculture

Answer 5

• around 10-15 thousand years ago farming began
• animals domesticated
• carrying capacity was around 10 million people at the end of the last ice age
• population exploded form 10-250 million

Question 6

note

Answer 6

• anatomically modern humans emerged 200,000 years ago

- human brain wasn’t as developed as it is now