Interaction of Early Humans with the Environment

How did early humans interact with the environment?

Movement: What has happened to the distribution of hunter-gatherers between 15,000 B.C. and the present?

How did the development of tools change the life of early humans?

How was cave art different from other kinds of art created by early humans?

What does their art tell us about early humans?

Why did villages develop?

How did farming change the way people lived?

What farming techniques were part of the agricultural revolution?

Compare the areas in which farming developed in Asia and Africa with those in which farming developed in the Americas. How were they different and similar?

At the end of the period, which plant was healthiest? What challenges do your observations suggest early farmers faced?