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What Is the Neolithic Revolution?
- The Neolithic Revolution marks the shift from hunting and gathering to farming and settlement.
- It fundamentally changed how people obtained food and lived together.
Domestication Is a Long Process
- Domestication of animals was a gradual process involving genetic changes over thousands of years.
- Theories include the oasis and nuclear zones ideas explaining early human-animal relationships.
Farming Drives Sedentism
- Farming required people to settle down to tend crops, changing lifestyle and social organization.
- The Neolithic includes domestication, sedentism, pottery, and weaving as a package.