Early development of agricultural food systems

  • 13,000 BCE

    Before agriculture

    Family, humans traditionally were hunter gatherers, always moving their homes and searching for their food. This ended as people could now form permanent settlements and have a reliable food supply
  • 12,000 BCE

    Neolithic period

    Agriculture took root around 12,000 years ago in an age we now call the Neolithic period. Farming immediately triggered a huge change in society and the way in which people lived

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