For hundreds of thousands of years early man lived a hunter gatherer life. This means that he gatherer life. This means that he found his food by hunting wild animals and collecting wild plants. The invention of farming changed human life forever.
People who live off the wild have to move around and live in fairly small groups. Farming allows people to stay in one place, enabling them to build houses, develop a technology and organise themselves into societies. In short, farming allowed man to become civilised.
This step was first taken in the Near East. The people in the region slowly began to plant certain plants near their homes. These included grains such as wheat and barley. They also began to herd animals such as goats and sheep as a source of meat. This process took time but it is thought to have been completed by 10,000 BC.
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