Earliest Hominid Evidence

Paleolithic - Old Stone Age

Paleolithic – “Old Stone Age”

What would be a way to produce more food . . . . . . .

. . . . . .that wouldn’t require moving all the time?

People subsisted by hunting and gathering

Neolithic Revolution – “New” Stone Age

Humans started settling down in towns and cities, farming, and domesticating animals

New Stone AgeNeolithic =

Before towns and cities can develop -

A surplus of food is necessary.

Why?So that people can specialize in trades other than farming

CASH CROP

Crop grown mainly for the purpose of sale/trade