Question

The transition from hunting and foraging to agriculture produced major transformations in human lifeways. Agricultural productivity increased as a consequence of irrigation and by what Andrew Sherratt

Answer 1

The moment when the hunter-gatherers laid down their spears and began farming around 11,000 years ago is often interpreted as one of the most rapid and significant transitions in human history – the 'Neolithic Revolution'. farming arose among people who had already settled in an area rich with hunting and gathering resources, where they began to establish private property rights. When wild plants or animals became less plentiful, they argue, people chose to begin farming instead of moving on.