Human Epic
Human origins and life
The Fertile Crescent: cultivation, herding and village life
Communities in Southwest Asia gradually cultivated plants and managed herds, developing ways of life supported by crops and livestock. Farming emerged through a long process with different paths for regions and species.
Çatalhöyük: living beside one another
People at Çatalhöyük in Anatolia lived in a dense settlement, growing crops and keeping sheep. Households and wider social groups organized production and daily life, leaving a record of a complex early settled society.
Millet: fields and food in northern Chinese communities
Millet grains and cultivation tools from several Neolithic communities record the development of farming in North China. People combined settlement and cultivation with wild foods, while crop domestication unfolded over a long period.
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