Early Humans: From hunting and gathering to farming

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Early Humans From hunting and gathering to
farming
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Big Idea 1 - Hunters and gatherers were nomads.
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• A nomad is a person who moves from place to place
  without a permanent home.
• Hunters and gatherers were always moving from
  place to place looking for food.

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Big Idea 2 - Humans began to domesticate animals.

• People began to herd animals instead of hunt
  them.
• They began to domesticate or tame the animals for
  human use.
• Animals provided meat, milk, and wool. They also
  carried goods and people and pulled carts.

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Big Idea 3 - Humans began to farm
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• People began to realize that they could plant
  seeds and grow their own food.
• They probably learned this by observing how
  plants began to grow on their own.
• With this new knowledge, people could stay in one
  place and grow grains and vegetables.

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Big Idea 4 - Villages begin to grow

• As people began staying in one place, villages
  began to grow around them.

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Jericho and Çatal Hüyük

• One of the oldest cities is Jericho in Israel.
• It dates back to about 8000 B.C.
• Another well-known ancient village is Çatal Hüyük
  (chahTAHL hoo YOOK) in present-day Turkey.
• It was home to some 6,000 people between about
  6700 B.C. and 5700 B.C.

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Big Idea 5 - People began to specialize

• Farming surplus made it possible for people to
  practice specialization or the development of
  different kinds of jobs.
• Because not everyone was needed for farming, some
  people had the time to develop other types of
  skills. They made pottery from clay to store
  their grain and other foods. Others used plant
  fibers to make mats and to weave cloth. This led
  to new type of clothing.