THE ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE
At first, human beings ate only what they could find in forests or catch
in lakes.

What sorts of fish did they catch?

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2. They hunted the following animals

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3. They gathered the following berries and edible roots:

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Then they noticed that new plants grew from the seeds they ate. Those
plants produced fruit. People noticed that crops were better when the
seeds were planted in fertile soil - soil which had already been
cultivated. In this way agriculture began to develop.

The first domestic animals began to appear in peoples homes. It is
believed that the first domestic animal was the dog. Then came the lamb,
the goat and the cow, and finally the horse.
How domestic animals were useful to
people

EXERCISE
You are going to travel back in time to prehistoric times. You can take
only three things with you, without which you would not survive while
among prehistoric people. What are they?