ch 2 from hunting – gathering to growing food

Relating to or denoting the middle part of the Stone Age, between the Palaeolithic and Neolithic.

A minute shaped flint, typically part of a composite tool such as a spear

Mehrgarh (Balochi: مہرگڑھ; Urdu: مہرگڑھ) is a Neolithic archaeological site (dated c. 7000 BCE – c. 2500/2000 BCE) situated on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan in Pakistan It is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River and between the modern-day Pakistani cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi.

A piece of equipment such as a hammer, that you hold in your hand(s) and use to do a particular job.

Referring to the later part of the Stone Age.

Wood was used as firewood. It was also used to make huts and tools.

There is no term called storing animals. Animals are domesticated which means they are reared by humans for various products like milk, meat, wool etc.

Probably not, because they were food gathered rather than the food producers. They didn’t have a huge quantity of grains nor any pot or basket to store those grains.

The sharp one will belong to a wild pig as it needs pointy teeth to tear out the flesh from animals, the blunt teeth belongs to the domestical pig as it eats vegetables

the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.”domestication of animals lies at the heart of human civilization” the cultivation of a plant for food.”this book covers the evolution and domestication of six important cereal crops” HUMOROUSthe process of making someone fond of and good at home life …

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