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Hunters and Gatherers before Fire
Stone Ages. People hadn't yet discovered fire and they would eat their meat raw -
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contolled use of fire
0.2 to 1.7 million years ago. People discovered fire and began cooking their food around this time resulting in a larger food source range -
domestication of wolves
20,000 years ago. hunters first domesticated wolves to help catch larger prey for food -
domestication of cattle
10,500 years ago. The taurine breed was domesticated first and then other breeds were soon to follow with 2 other domestication occurances -
domestication of crops
10,000 years ago. People began domesticating crops and were educated on how, when, and where to plant certain crops so gathering and foraging decreased. -
first crop plantation
17th century the potato is the first crop to be mass grown in plantation-like conditions -
first cattle ranch
1658 in United States. This was the first cattle ranch owned and operated in the United States.