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Agriculture, History of
The history of agriculture (the production of food by plant cultivation and animal husbandry and control of productivity) can be organized around
several themes (such as time, productivity, environmental impact, and genetic diversity). The most obvious is time and the sequence of events from gathering wild plants for food to crop plant
domestication
, to yield-enhanced
hybrid
seed.
Origins of Agriculture
The origin of agriculture was around ten thousand years ago or approximately four hundred human generations back in time and prehistory, before written records were kept. What is known is based on evidence gathered from archaeological sites. Agriculture ...